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THE 


REVISED   ORDINANCES 


1892 


OF  THE 


CITY  OF   CAMBRIDGE 


As  AMENDED  TO  NOVEMBER  8, 1899 


PUBLISHED  BY  ORDER  OF  THE  CITY  COUNCIL 


BOSTON : 

J.  A    CUMMINGS   PRINTING   CO. 

172  OLIVER  STREET 

1899 


AN  ACT 

TO  AMEND  THE  CHARTER  OF  THE  CITY  OF 
CAMBRIDGE 


CHAPTER  364,  ACTS  OF  1891, 
As   AMENDED  BY  CHAPTER  173,  ACTS  OF  1896 


1.  Municipal  powers  continued. 

2.  Administration  of  affairs  and  govern- 

ment vested  in  mayor  and  city 
council.  Each  branch  to  sit  separ- 
ately. Mayor  and  aldermen,  how 
chosen.  Common  council,  appor- 
tionment of  members.  How  elected. 

3.  Number   ami    boundaries   of  wards. 

Present  apportionment  of  council- 
men.  Members  of  common  council 
to  be  reapportioned  every  five  years. 

4.  Annual  municipal  election.    Term  of 

office.  Election  of  assessors  and 
school  committee.  Term  of  office. 
Vacancies. 

5.  Elections  to  be  held  in  pursuance  of 

warrants.  General  meetings  of 
qualified  voters. 

6.  In  case  of  non-election  of  the  mayor 

or  members  of  the  city  council. 
Vacancies,  how  filled.  Removal 
from  one  ward  to  another  shall  not 
create  a  vacancy. 

7.  Mayor,  aldermen  and  common  coun- 

cilmen  to  be  sworn.  Certificate  of 
oath  to  be  entered  in  record. 

8.  Executive    powers,    vested    in    the 

mayor.  Surveyors  of  highways. 
Mayor  to  have  control  of  police 
force.  Special  meetings  of  city 
council.  Shall  communicate  such 
information  as  the  interests  of  city 
require.  Shall  be  ex-officio  chairman 
of  school  committee.  General  du- 
ties. May  summ  on  heads  of  depart- 
in  ents  for  consultation. 
9  Officers  shall  be  resident  citizens. 
Mayor  shall  appoint  officers.  Ap- 
pointment of  assistant  assessors. 
Appointments  by  mayor  shall  not 
be  acted  upon  for  one  week,  except, 
etc. 

10.  Removal  of  officers. 

11.  Ordinances,  orders,  etc.,  to  be  pre- 

sented to  the  mayor  for  approval. 
He  may  veto  votes  of  the  city  coun- 
cil. If  not  returned  by  mayor  within 
ten  days,  order,  etc.,  to  be  in  force. 
Partial  veto.  May  veto  orders  and 
votes  of  the  aldermen. 

12.  Mayor  to  execute  deeds,  leases,  etc. 

13.  Mayor  shall  keep  record  of   official 

acts,  may  appoint  a  clerk.    Salary. 

14.  Existing  powers  vested  in  city  council. 

Quorum.  No  member  shall  receive 
compensation.  Sittings  to  be  pub- 
lic, except,  etc. 


15.  City  council  may   make   ordinances- 

a'nd  fix  penalties. 

16.  Laying  out,  altering,  etc.,  streets,  and 

taking  land  for  sewers.  Damages- 
and  appeal. 

17.  Fire    department.      Powers    of    en- 

gineers. 

18.  Money  not  to  be  paid  out  unless  ap- 

propriated. Report  of  receipts  and 
expenditures. 

19.  Election  of  city  clerk  and  assistant. 

May  be  removed.  Duties.  Election 
of  city  messenger  and  clerk  of  com- 
mittees. 

20.  Election  of  city    treasurer  and    city 

auditor.  Treasurer  to  be  collector 
of  taxes.  May  be  removed.  Elec- 
tion of  city  solicitor.  May  be  re- 
moved. 

21.  Election  of  overseers  of  the  poor. 

22.  Treasurer  may  appoint  deputy   col- 

lectors of  taxes.  Special  powers  of 
treasurer. 

23.  Fees  and  commissions  to  be  paid  into- 

city  treasury. 

24.  Vacancies  in  board  of  assessors. 

25.  Members  of  city  council  shall  not  take 

part  in  the  employment  of  labor. 
Nor,  be  appointed  to  any  office  of 
emolument. 

26.  Board  of  aldermen  to  be  final  judge  of 

election  of  its  members,  and  the 
members  of  school  committee. 
President  of  board  of  aldermen. 
Special  meetings.  Mayor  not  to 
preside  or  appoint  committees. 

27.  Board  of  aldermen  may  authorize  the 

construction  of  sidewalks  and  assess 
for  expense. 

28.  May  fix  number  and  compensation  of 

police  force.  May  grant  licenses. 
General  duties  of  aldermen. 

29.  President  and  clerk  of  common  coun- 

cil. Duties  of  clerk.  To  be  final 
judge  of  election  of  its  members. 

30.  Vacancies  in  either  branch. 

31.  School  committee  and  overseers   of 

poor,  powers  and  duties.  Superin- 
tendent of  schools.  Janitors  of 
school-houses.  Overseers  of  the 
poor  to  organize. 

32.  City  council,  etc.,  may  employ  clerks 

and  attendants. 

33.  Officers  to  continue  until  successors 

are  qualified. 


CITY  CHARTER. 


34.  Heads   of   departments   to    appoint 

subordinates,  except  chief  of 
police  and  engineer  of  fire  depart- 
ment. 

35.  Contracts    for    labor    and    material. 

Care  of  public  works  and  buildings. 
Executive  officers  to  be  accountable 
to  mayor.  Contracts  exceeding  $300 
to  be  approved  by  the  mayor.  No 
enditures  in  excess  of  appro- 


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ation  to  be  made. 

Heads  of  departments  to  furnish 
estimates  to  mayor.  Mayor  to  sub- 
mit them,  with  recommendations, 
to  the  city  council.  City  council  to 
make  appropriations. 


37.  Ordinances  to  remain  in  force  unless 

inconsistent. 

38.  Not  to  affect  the  licensing  of  railway 

drivers,  etc.,  the  appointment  o'f 
registrar  of  voters,  metropolitan 
sewerage  system,  or  the  civil  ser- 
vice laws.  Or  the  tenure  of  ollice 
of  officers  now  in  position.  Water 
board  and  Cambridge  cemetery  com- 
missioners. 

39.  Repeal  of  original  charter  and  amend- 

ments, etc.,  etc.  Repeal  not  to  re- 
vive any  act  before  repealed. 

40.  Act  to  be  submitted   to   people   for 

acceptance. 

41.  When  to  take  effect. 


J$e  it  enacted,  etc.,  as  follows  : 

ISECTIOX  1.     The  inhabitants  of  the  city  of  Cambridge,  in  the 

'county  of  Middlesex,  shall  continue  to  be  a  body  corporate  and 
politic  under  the  name  of  the  city  of  Cambridge,  and  as  such, 
.shall  have,  exercise  and  enjoy  all  the  rights,  immunities,  powers 
and  privileges,  and  shall  be  subject  to  all  the  duties  and  obliga- 
tions provided  for  herein,  or  otherwise  pertaining  to  said  city  as 
•a  municipal  corporation. 

SECT.  2.  The  administration  of  the  fiscal,  prudential  and 
municipal  affairs  of  said  city,  and  the  government  thereof,  shall 
be  vested  in  a  mayor  and  a  city  council,  which  shall  consist  of  a 
board  of  aldermen  consisting,  until  the  municipal  year  beginning 
on  the  first  Monday  in  January  in  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and 
.ninety-three,  of  ten  members,  and  thereafter  of  eleven  members, 
•and  a  common  council  consisting  of  twenty  members.  Each 
branch  shall  sit  separately,  except  when  required  to  meet  in  joint 
convention  by  the  provisions  of  this  charter  or  by  a  concurrent 
vote.  The  qualified  voters  of  the  whole  city  shall  elect  from 
•among  their  number  the  mayor  and  aldermen.  The  city  council 
•shall  apportion  the  members  of  the  common  council  among  the 
•several  wards  as  nearly  as  may  be  on  the  basis  of  population,  and 
the  qualified  voters  of  each  ward  shall  elect  from  among  their 
number  the  members  of  the  common  council  to  which  it  shall  be 
entitled  on  such  apportionment. 

SECT.  3.  The  city  shall  continue  to  be  divided  into  five  wards, 
which  shall  retain  their  present  boundaries  until  the  same  shall 
be  changed  under  the  general  law  relating  thereto.  The  present 
apportionment  of  councilnien  shall  be  retained  until  October  in 
the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  ninety-five.  The  city  council  shall, 
in  the  month  of  October  in  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  ninety- 
five  and  every  fifth  year  thereafter,  apportion  the  members  of  the 
common  council  to  the  several  wards,  in  accordance  with  the 
provisions  of  the  preceding  section. 

SECT.  4.  An  annual  election  for  the  choice  of  city  officers  shall 
be  holden  on  the  Tuesday  next  following  the  second  Monday  in 


CITY  CHARTER. 

December,  and  all  officers  who  are  chosen  by  the  qualified  voters 
shall  be  chosen  by  ballot ;  and  such  officers,  except  the  assessors 
and  the  members  of  the  school  committee,  shall  hold  their  respec- 
tive offices  for  the  succeeding  municipal  year  ;  to  wit,  beginning 
with  the  first  Monday  in  January  succeeding  the  annual  election 
and  continuing  till  the  first  Monday  in  January  of  the  year  fol- 
lowing and  until  others  shall  be  chosen  and  qualified  to  act  in 
their  stead.  The  qualified  voters  of  the  city  shall  at  each  annual 
election  choose  one  of  their  number  to  be  assessor  for  the  term  of 
three  years,  and  one  person  from  each  ward  as  a  member  of  the 
school  committee  for  the  term  of  three  years,  and  shall,  at  such 
election,  fill  for  the  unexpired  term  such  vacancies  as  occur  at 
the  end  of  the  municipal  year. 

SECT.  T).  All  meetings  of  the  qualified  voters,  for  the  purpose 
of  voting  at  elections  or  for  the  transaction  of  municipal  affairs, 
whether  in  city  or  in  ward  meetings,  shall  be  holden  in  pursuance 
of  warrants  for  that  purpose,  which  shall  be  issued  by  the  board 
of  aldermen  and  shall  be  in  such  form  and  served  and  returned 
in  such  manner  and  at  such  time  as  the  city  council  by  ordinance 
shall  direct.  The  board  of  aldermen  shall  issue  their  warrant 
for  a  general  meeting  of  the  qualified  voters,  for  any  constitu- 
tional or  legal  purpose,  whenever  requested  to  do  so,  in  writing, 
by  thirty  such  voters. 

SECT.  6.  If  at  the  annual  election  a  mayor  or  the  required 
number  of  members  of  the  city  council  shall  not  have  been 
elected,  or  if  any  person  elected  shall  refuse  to  accept  the  office 
to  which  he  was  chosen,  the  board  of  aldermen  shall  make  a 
record  of  the  fact  and  forthwith  issue  their  warrant  for  another 
election ;  and  the  same  proceedings  shall  be  had  as  are  provided 
by  law  for  the  original  election ;  and  the  same  shall  be  repeated 
from  time  to  time  until  a  mayor  and  the  required  number  of 
members  of  the  city  council  shall  have  been  chosen.  Whenever 
a  vacancy  shall  occur  in  either  office  by  death,  resignation  or 
otherwise,  the  board  of  aldermen  may,  and  if  such  vacancy  occur 
prior  to  the  first  of  July  in  any  year  shall,  forthwith  issue  their 
warrant  for  a  new  election.  The  removal  of  a  person  holding 
office  from  one  ward  to  another  shall  not  create  a  vacancy  in 
such  office,  nor  shall  a  change  of  ward  boundaries  create  a, 
vacancy  in  any  office. 

SECT.  7.  The  mayor,  aldermen  and  members  of  the  common 
council  shall,  before  entering  upon  their  offices,  be  sworn  to  the 
faithful  performance  of  their  respective  duties ;  and  for  that 
purpose  shall  meet  in  convention  on  the  first  Monday  in  January 
in  each  year  at  ten  of  the  clock  in  the  forenoon,  when  such  oath 
may  be  administered  to  the  mayor  elect  by  any  judge  of  any 


6  CITY  CHARTER. 

court  of  record  in  the  Commonwealth  or  by  any  justice  of  the 
peace,  and  to  the  aldermen  elect  and  common  councilmen  elect 
by  the  mayor,  he  being  first  sworn  as  aforesaid,  or  by  any  justice 
of  the  peace.  A  certificate  that  such  oath  has  been  taken  shall  be 
entered  in  the  journals  of  the  board  of  aldermen  and  of  the 
common  council  by  their  respective  clerks.  If  the  mayor  or  any 
one  or  more  of  the  aldermen  or  common  councilmen  shall  not  be 
present  on  the  first  Monday  in  January  to  take  the  oath  required 
of  them,  the  same  may  be  administered  to  the  mayor  or  aldermen 
at  any  meeting  of  the  board  of  aldermen,  and  to  the  common 
councilmen  at  any  meeting  of  the  common  council,  thereafter, 
before  entering  upon  office.  A  certificte  that  such  oath  has  been 
taken  shall  be  entered  in  the  journal  of  the  board  at  the  meeting 
at  which  it  was  administered. 

SECT.  8.  The  executive  powers  of  said  city  and  all  the  execu- 
tive powers  now  vested  in  the  mayor  and  in  the  board  of 
aldermen,  and  in  the  surveyors  of  highways,  shall  be  and  hereby 
are,  vested  in  the  mayor,  to  be  exercised  through  the  several 
officers  and  boards  of  the  city  in  their  respective  departments, 
under  his  general  supervision  and  control.  He  shall  at  all  times 
have  the  control  and  direction  of  the  police  force.  He  may  call 
special  meetings  of  the  board  of  aldermen  and  of  the  common 
council,  or  either  of  them,  when  in  his  opinion  the  interests  of 
the  city  require  it,  by  causing  the  notification  to  be  left  at  the 
usual  dwelling  place  of  each  member  of  the  board  or  boards  to  be 
convened.  He  shall  from  time  to  time  communicate  to  said 
boards  respectively  such  information,  and  recommend  such  meas- 
ures, as  the  interests  of  the  city  shall  in  his  judgment  require. 
He  shall  be  ex  officio  chairman  of  the  school  committee,  but  shall 
have  no  right  to  vote.  The  mayor  shall  cause  the  laws,  ordi- 
nances, orders  and  regulations  of  the  city  to  be  executed  and 
enforced.  He  shall  exercise  a  general  supervision  and  control 
over  the  official  acts  and  conduct  of  all  officers,  and  take  proper 
action  to  cause  every  violation  or  neglect  of  duty  to  be  punished. 
It  shall  be  his  duty  to  secure  an  honest,  efficient,  and  economical 
conduct  of  the  entire  executive  and  administrative  business  of 
the  city  and  the  harmonious  and  concerted  action  of  the  different 
departments.  The  mayor  may  at  any  time  summon  heads  of 
departments  or  subordinate  officers  for  information,  consultation, 
or  advice  upon  the  affairs  of  the  city. 

SECT.  9.  All  officers  of  the  city  not  elected  by  the  qualified 
voters  shall  be  resident  citizens  of  the  city  of  Cambridge,  and  shall, 
except  as  herein  otherwise  provided,  be  appointed  by  the  mayor, 
subject  to  confirmation  by  the  board  of  aldermen,  and  for  such 
terms  respectively  as  are  or  may  be  fixed  by  law  or  ordinance, 


CITY  CHARTER. 

or,  in  case  of  an  appointment  to  fill  a  vacancy,  for  the  unexpired 
term.  Subject  to  confirmation,  as  aforesaid,  the  mayor  shall 
annually  in  the  month  of  February  appoint  one  person  from  each 
ward  to  be  an  assistant  assessor  for  the  term  of  one  year, 
beginning  with  the  first  day  of  March  of  that  year.  No  appoint- 
ment made  by  the  mayor  shall  be  acted  upon  by  the  board  of 
aldermen  until  the  expiration  of  one  week  after  such  appointment 
is  transmitted  to  said  board,  except  by  unanimous  consent  of 
said  board. 

SECT.  10.  The  mayor  after  due  hearing  may,  with  the  approval 
of  a  majority  of  the  board  of  aldermen,  remove  any  member  of 
the  board  of  overseers  of  the  poor  or  the  board  of  health,  any 
assistant  assessor,  any  member  of  the  police  force  or  fire  depart- 
ment, and  any  other  officer  of  the  city,  except  the  members  of  the 
city  council  and  school  committee  and  their  clerks  and  attendants, 
the  principal  assessors,  the  city  clerk,  the  assistant  city  clerk,  the 
city  treasurer,  the  city  auditor,  the  city  messenger,  clerk  of 
committees,  and  city  solicitor,  for  cause  assigned  by  him. 

SECT.  11.  Every  ordinance,  order,  resolution  or  vote  to  which 
the  concurrence  of  the  board  of  aldermen  and  of  the  common 
council  may  be  necessary,  except  on  a  question  of  the  convention 
of  the  two  branches,  and  every  order  of  either  branch  involving 
expenditure  of  money,  shall  be  presented  to  the  mayor.  If  he 
approve  thereof,  he  shall  signify  his  approval  by  signing  the 
same,  but  if  not,  he  shall  return  the  same  with  his  objections 
to  the  branch  in  which  it  originated,  which  shall  enter  the  objec- 
tions of  the  mayor,  at  length,  upon  its  records  and  proceed  to 
reconsider  said  ordinance,  order,  resolution,  or  vote,  and  if  after 
such  reconsideration  two-thirds  of  the  board  of  aldermen  or 
common  council,  notwithstanding  such  objections,  vote  to  pass 
the  same,  it  shall  be  in  force,  unless  it  originally  required  con- 
current action,  in  which  case  it  shall,  together  with  the  objections, 
be  sent  to  the  other  branch  of  the  city  council,  where  it  shall  also 
be  reconsidered,  and  if  approved  by  two-thirds  of  such  other 
branch,  it  shall  likewise  be  in  force.  In  all  cases  the  vote  shall 
be  taken  by  yeas  and  nays.  If  such  ordinance,  order,  resolution 
or  vote  shall  not  be  returned  within  ten  days  after  it  shall  have 
been  presented  to  the  mayor,  the  same  shall  be  in  force.  He 
may  except  from  his  approval  of  any  ordinance,  order,  resolution 
or  vote  of  which  he  has  the  power  to  vote,  any  portion  involving 
a  distinct  item  of  expenditure ;  in  such  case  instead  of  returning 
the  original  he  shall  transmit  a  copy  of  such  portion  not 
approved,  which  portion  shall  be  reconsidered  in  the  manner 
and  with  the  effect  above  provided.  The  mayor's  approval  shall 
likewise  be  required  to,  and  he  shall  have  a  similar  power  of 


CITY  CHARTER. 

veto,  and  with  like  limitations,  over  any  order  or  vote  of  the 
board  of  aldermen  which  involves  the  exercise  of  any  of 
the  powers  conferred  by  law  upon  the  mayor  and  aldermen, 
or  upon  the  board  of  aldermen  as  a  separate  board,  but  nothing 
herein  contained  shall  affect  the  powers  of  said  board  in  relation 
to  votes  cast  at  elections,  nor  shall  the  veto  power  of  the  mayor 
extend  to  elections. 

SECT.  12.  The  mayor  shall  have  sole  power  to  sign,  seal, 
execute  and  deliver,  in  behalf  of  the  city,  deeds  and  leases  of 
land  sold  or  leased  by  the  city,  and  other  deeds,  agreements,  con- 
tracts, leases,  indentures  and  assurances  on  behalf  of  the  city, 
except  as  herein  otherwise  provided. 

SECT.  13.  The  mayor  shall  cause  to  be  kept  a  record  of  all  his 
official  acts,  and  may,  without  confirmation  by  the  board  of 
aldermen,  appoint  a  clerk,  whose  compensation  shall  be  fixed 
by  the  city  council.  The  mayor  shall  receive  for  his  services  such 
salary  as  the  city  council  shall  determine,  payable  at  stated 
periods,  and  shall  receive  no  other  compensation ;  but  such  salary 
shall  not  be  increased  or  diminished  during  his  term  of  office. 

SECT.  14.  All  the  powers  now  vested  by  law  in  the  city  of 
Cambridge,  or  in  the  inhabitants  thereof  as  a  municipal  corpora- 
tion, except  as  herein  otherwise  provided,  shall  be  vested  in  the 
city  council  and  shall  be  exercised  by  a  concurrent  vote,  each 
branch  having  a  negative  on  the  other.  A  majority  of  each  branch 
shall  constitute  a  quorum  for  the  transaction  of  business.  No 
member  of  either  branch  shall  receive  any  compensation  for  his 
services.  All  sittings  of  the  city  council,  or  of  either  branch 
thereof,  except  for  the  consideration  of  candidates  for  election 
and  except  the  sittings  of  the  board  of  aldermen  for  consideration 
of  appointments  by  the  mayor,  shall  be  public.  But  all  votes  on 
elections  and  on  confirmations  shall  be  taker  in  public. 

SECT.  15.  The  city  council  shall  have  power  to  make  ordi- 
nances and  to  fix  penalties  therein,  as  provided  herein  and  by 
general  law,  which  shall  take  effect  from  the  time  therein 
limited,  without  the  sanction  or  confirmation  of  any  court  or 
justice  thereof.  All  city  ordinances  shall  be  duly  published, 
and  in  such  newspaper  or  newspapers  in  said  city  as  the  city 
council  shall  direct.  The  city  council  may  also  by  ordinance 
regulate  the  loads  of  vehicles  using  the  streets  of  said  city,  and 
provide  for  the  appointment,  in  accordance  with  the  provisions 
of  section  nine,  of  public  weighers,  measurers  and  surveyors, 
surveyors  of  mechanics'  work,  inspectors  of  junk  shops  and  of 
junk  collectors,  inspectors  of  pawnbrokers  and  of  dealers  in 
second-hand  articles,  and  other  needful  officers,  and  define  their 
powers  and  duties,  and  fix  their  compensation. 


CITY  CHARTER. 

SECT.  16.  The  city  council  shall  have  exclusive  authority, 
subject  to  the  veto  power  of  the  mayor,  to  lay  out,  alter,  discon- 
tinue or  fix  the  grade  of  any  highway,  street  or  town  way,  and  to 
take  land  therefor  and  for  the  construction  of  public  drains  and 
common  sewers,  and  to  estimate  the  damage  which  any  person 
shall  sustain  thereby,  but  action  upon  said  matters  shall  be  first 
taken  by  the  board  of  aldermen.  Any  person  dissatisfied  with 
the  decision  of  the  city  council  in  the  estimate  of  damages  ma}r, 
within  one  year  thereafter,  make  complaint  and  application  for 
a  jury  to  the  superior  court  in  the  county  of  Middlesex,  upon 
which  application  the  same  proceedings  shall  be  had  as  are  or 
may  be  provided  in  sections  one  hundred  and  five,  one  hundred 
and  six,  one  hundred  and  seven  and  one  hundred  and  eight,  of 
chapter  forty-nine  of  the  Public  Statutes,  or  any  acts  in  amend- 
ment thereof. 

SECT.  17.  The  city  council  may  establish  a  fire  department, 
with  such  officers,  apparatus  and  regulations  for  the  government 
thereof  as  shall  from  time  to  time  be  prescribed  by  ordinance  not 
inconsistent  with  this  act.  The  engineers  of  the  fire  department 
shall  have  the  powers  of  fire  wards  and  all  powers  conferred  by 
section  four  of  chapter  thirty-five  of  the  Public  Statutes,  in  like 
manner  as  if  said  city  had  accepted  said  section. 

SECT.  18.  The  city  council  shall  take  care  that  no  money 
shall  be  paid  out  from  the  city  treasury  unless  previously 
granted  and  appropriated,  and  shall  secure  a  just  and  proper 
accounting,  in  such  manner  as  they  may  direct,  from  all  boards 
and  officers  intrusted  with  the  receipt,  custody  or  disbursement 
of  the  moneys  or  funds  of  the  city.  The  city  council  shall 
publish,  once  in  every  year  at  least,  for  the  use  and  information 
of  the  inhabitants,  a  particular  account  of  the  receipts  and 
expenditures  of  the  city  and  a  schedule  of  the  property  and  debts 
of  the  city ;  the  mayor  and  all  officers  and  boards  of  the  city 
shall  make  for  such  purpose  such  reports  as  the  city  council 
may  request. 

SECT.  19.  The  city  council  shall  annually  in  the  month  of 
February  by  concurrent  vote,  the  board  of  aldermen  acting  first, 
elect  by  a  ballot  a  city  clerk  and  assistant  city  clerk,  each  of  whom 
shall  be  sworn  to  the  faithful  discharge  of  his  duties  and  shall 
hold  his  office  for  one  year  from  the  first  day  of  March  of  that 
year,  and  until  another  shall  be  chosen  and  qualified,  but  may  be 
removed,  however,  at  the  pleasure  of  the  city  council.  The  city 
clerk  shall  be  ex  offido  clerk  of  the  board  of  aldermen.  He  shall 
keep  a  journal  of  the  votes  and  proceedings  of  the  aldermen,  and 
also  of  the  city  council  when  sitting  in  convention,  and  shall 
perform  such  other  duties  as  the  aldermen  and  the  city  council 


10  CITY  CHARTER. 

may  prescribe.  He  shall  also  perform  all  the  duties  and  exercise 
all  the  powers  usually  pertaining  to  said  office.  He  shall  deliver 
up  to  his  successor  in  office,  as  soon  as  chosen  and  qualified,  all 
journals,  records,  record  books,  papers,  documents  or  other  things 
kept  or  held  by  him  in  his  capacity  of  city  clerk.  The  city 
council  shall  also  annually  in  the  month  of  April,  by  concurrent 
vote,  the  board  of  aldermen  acting  first,  elect  by  ballot  a  city 
messenger  and  clerk  of  committees,  each  of  whom  shall  hold 
office  for  one  year  from  the  first  day  of  May  of  that  year,  and 
until  another  is  chosen  in  his  place,  subject  to  removal  at  any 
time,  by  the  city  council. 

SECT.  20.  The  city  council  shall  also  annually  in  the  month 
of  February,  by  concurrent  vote,  the  board  of  aldermen  acting 
first,  elect  by  ballot  a  city  treasurer,  who  shall  be  the  collector 
of  taxes,  and  a  city  auditor,  each  of  whom  shall  be  sworn  to  a 
faithful  discharge  of  his  duties,  and  shall  hold  his  office  for  one 
year  from  the  first  day  of  March  of  that  year,  and  until  another 
shall  be  chosen  and  qualified,  but  may  be  removed,  however,  at 
the  pleasure  of  the  city  council.  The  treasurer  and  auditor  shall 
deliver  up  to  their  respective  successors  in  office  as  soon  as 
chosen  and  qualified,  or  to  any  person  designated  by  the  city 
council,  on  their  ceasing  to  fill  such  office,  all  books,  funds,  papers 
or  other  things  kept  or  held  by  them  as  such  officers.  The  city 
council  shall  also  annually  in  the  month  of  April,  by  concurrent 
vote,  the  board  of  aldermen  acting  first,  elect  a  solicitor  for  the 
city  of  Cambridge,  who  shall  be  a  resident  citizen  of  Cambridge 
and  an  attorney  and  counsellor  of  the  courts  of  the  Common- 
wealth, and  who  shall  hold  office  for  one  year,  but  may  be  removed, 
however,  at  the  pleasure  of  the  city  council. 

SECT.  21.  The  city  council  shall  annually  in  the  month  of 
March  elect  one  person  to  be  a  member  of  the  board  of  overseers 
of  the  poor,  for  the  term  of  five  years  beginning  with  the  first 
Monday  in  May  of  that  year. 

SECT.  22.  The  city  treasurer  of  the  city  of  Cambridge  may,  as 
collector  of  taxes,  appoint  such  deputy  collectors  of  taxes  as  he 
may  from  time  to  time  deem  expedient,  who  shall  give  bonds 
with  sufficient  sureties  for  the  faithful  discharge  of  their  duties, 
in  such  sums  as  the  board  of  aldermen  of  said  city  shall  from 
time  to  time  prescribe,  and  such  deputies  shall  have  the  same 
powers  as  collector  of  taxes  of  towns.  He  shall  as  such  collector 
have  all  special  powers  conferred  on  a  treasurer  appointed  col- 
lector by  vote  of  a  city  council. 

SECT.  23.  All  fees,  charges  and  commissions  of  every  kind 
and  description  allowed  by  law  for  the  collection  of  taxes,  better- 
ments, rates  and  assessments  of  every  kind,  to  any  person  or 


CITY  CHARTER.  11 

persons  authorized  to  collect  the  same,  upon  any  warrant  or  other 
command  hereafter  directed  to  the  treasurer  and  collector  of  the 
City  of  Cambridge,  in  his  capacity  as  treasurer  or  as  collector,  or 
as  both  treasurer  and  collector,  shall  be  collected  and  paid  into 
the  treasury  of  said  city  and  shall  be  the  property  of  said  city. 
The  city  may  pay  to  such  persons  such  compensation  for  services 
as  the  city  council  shall  from  time  to  time  determine. 

SKCT.  24.  The  city  council  shall,  in  joint  convention,  fill  for 
the  remainder  of  the  municipal  year  all  vacancies  which  shall  at 
any  time  arise  in  the  board  of  assessors. 

SECT.  25.  Neither  the  city  council  nor  either  branch  thereof, 
nor  any  member  or  committee  thereof,  or  of  either  branch 
thereof,  nor  the  board  of  aldermen  acting  in  any  capacity  in 
which  said  board  may  act  separately  under  special  powers  con- 
ferred upon  it,  nor  any  member  or  committee  of  said  board  acting 
in  any  such  capacity,  shall  directly  or  indirectly  take  part  in  the 
employment  of  labor,  nor,  except  as  otherwise  provided  in  this 
act,  in  the  appointment  or  removal  of  any  officers  or  subordinates 
for  whose  appointment  and  removal  provision  is  herein  made. 
No  person  shall  be  eligible  for  election  or  appointment  to  any 
municipal  office  by  the  mayor  or  city  council,  or  either  branch 
thereof,  the  salary  of  which  office  is  payable  from  the  city  treas- 
ury, during  the  term  for  which  such  person  was  chosen  as 
member  of  the  city  council. 

SECT.  26.  The  board  of  aldermen  shall  be  the  final  judge  of 
the  election  and  qualification  of  its  members  and  of  the  members 
of  the  school  committee.  The  board  of  aldermen  shall  choose 
one  of  its  members  as  president,  who  shall  president  the  meetings 
of  the  board  and  at  joint  conventions  of  the  two  branches  of  the 
city  council.  He  may  at  any  time  call  a  special  meeting  of  the 
board  of  aldermen  by  causing  a  notice  to  be  left  at  the  usual 
dwelling  place  of  each  member.  The  mayor  shall  not  be  a 
member  of,  nor  preside  at  any  of  the  meetings,  nor  appoint  any 
of  the  committees  of  the  board  of  aldermen. 

SECT.  27.  The  board  of  aldermen  may  authorize  the  construc- 
tion of  sidewalks  or  the  completion  of  any  partially  constructed 
sidewalk  in  said  city.  Such  sidewalks  may  be  with  or  without 
edgestones,  and  covered  with  brick,  flat  stones  or  concrete ;  and 
the  expense  of  such  edgestones  and  covering  materials  shall  be 
assessed  upon  the  abutting  lands  in  just  proportions,  and  shall 
constitute  a  lien  thereon  and  be  collected  in  the  same  manner  as 
taxes  on  real  estate.  Such  sidewalks  when  constructed  and  cov- 
ered with  brick,  flat  stones  or  concrete,  as  aforesaid,  shall  after- 
wards be  maintained  at  the  expense  of  the  city. 

SECT.  28.     The  board  of  aldermen  shall  from  time  to  time  fix 


12  CITY  CHARTER. 

the  number  and  compensation  of  the  members  of  the  police  force, 
and  establish  general  regulations  for  its  government.  They  shall  , 
have  power  to  grant  licenses  to  innholders,  victuallers  and  retail- 
ers, and  to  grant  other  licenses  for  which  provision  is  or  shall  be 
made  by  general  law  or  ordinance,  and  may  at  any  time  revoke 
any  license  granted  by  them.  They  shall  do  all  acts  and  perform 
all  the  duties  which  the  selectmen  of  towns  or  the  boards  of 
aldermen  of  cities  are  by  law  required  to  do  and  perform,  unless 
otherwise  provided  by  general  law  or  in  this  act. 

SECT.  29.  The  common  council  shall  choose  one  of  its 
members  as  president,  who  shall  preside  at  its  meetings,  and  shall 
choose  a  clerk,  who  shall  be  sworn  to  the  faithful  discharge  of 
the  duties  of  his  office  and  shall  hold  office  during  the  pleasure  of 
the  council.  The  clerk  so  chosen  and  qualified  shall  attend  the 
common ' council  when  in  session  and  keep  a  journal  of  its  acts, 
votes  and  proceedings,  and  perform  such  other  service  in  such 
office  as  the  council  may  require.  The  common  council  shall  be 
the  final  judge  of  the  election  and  qualification  of  its  members. 

SECT.  30.  The  city  council,  the  board  of  aldermen,  and  the 
common  council  may  respectively  fill  for  the  unexpired  term  any 
vacancy  arising  by  reason  of  the  death,  resignation  or  removal 
of  any  officer  elected  by  them. 

SECT.  31.  The  school  committee  and  overseers  of  the  poor 
shall  respectively  perform  all  such  duties  as  the  school  committee 
and  overseers  of  the  poor  in  towns  are  required  by  law  to 
perform.  The  school  committee  shall  annually  elect  a  superin- 
tendent of  schools  and  the  teachers  of  the  public  schools,  any  of 
whom  shall  be  removable  by  vote  of  the  committee.  The  mayor 
shall  appoint  the  janitors  of  school-houses,  subject  to  confirma- 
tion by  the  school  committee,  and  may  remove  them  at  pleasure 
for  cause  assigned ;  and  such  janitors  shall  perform  their  duties 
under  the  direction  of  the  school  committee.  The  overseers  of 
the  poor  shall  annually  on  the  first  Monday  of  May  meet  and 
organize  and  shall  choose  such  subordinate  officers  and  agents  as 
they  may  deem  expedient,  and  define  their  duties  and  fix  their 
salaries ;  but  no  members  of  the  board  shall  be  eligible  to  be 
chosen  by  said  board  to  any  position  of  emolument. 

SECT.  32.  The  city  council,  the  board  of  aldermen,  the  common 
council,  and  the  school  committee,  may  severally  employ  such 
clerks  and  attendants  as  they  may  deem  proper  for  the  suitable 
conduct  of  their  business,  and  may  remove  the  same  at  pleasure. 

SECT.  33.  Every  officer  of  the  city  shall,  unless  sooner 
removed,  continue  after  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  service 
to  hold  his  office  until  his  successor  is  appointed  or  elected 
and  duly  qualified. 


CITT  CHARTER.  13 

SKCT.  34.  All  heads  of  departments  and  boards  of  the  city, 
except  the  chief  of  police  and  the  chief  engineer  of  the  fire 
department,  shall  appoint  their  respective  subordinates,  for  such 
term  of  service,  respectively,  as  are  or  may  be  fixed  by  law  or 
ordinance,  which  appointments  shall  be  forthwith  certified  by 
them  to  the  mayor ;  the  said  officers  and  boards  may  remove  such 
subordinates  for  such  cause  as  they  shall  assign  in  writing  in  the 
order  for  removal,  which  order  shall  be  forthwith  communicated 
to  the  mayor. 

SKCT.  3~>.  The  several  executive  boards  of  the  city  and  officers 
at  the  head  of  departments  shall  in  their  respective  departments 
make  and  execute  all  necessary  contracts  for  the  employment  of 
labor,  the  supply  of  materials,  and  the  construction,  alteration 
and  repair  of  all  public  works  and  buildings,  and  have  the  entire 
care,  custody  and  management  of  all  public  works,  institutions 
and  buildings,  and  other  property,  and  the  direction  and  control 
of  all  the  executive  and  administrative  business  of  said  city. 
All  executive  boards  and  officers  shall  be  at  all  times  accountable 
for  the  proper  discharge  of  their  duties  to  the  mayor  as  the  chief 
executive  officer.  They  and  all  subordinate  officers  shall  at  all 
times  furnish  such  information  as  to  matters  under  their  control 
as  the  mayor  or  the  city  council  may  request.  Every  contract 
made  in  behalf  of  the  city,  in  which  the  amount  involved  exceeds 
three  hundred  dollars,  shall  require  the  approval  of  the  mayor 
before  going  into  effect.  No  expenditures  shall  be  made  and  no 
liability  shall  be  incurred  or  be  binding  upon  the  city  for  any 
purpose  beyond  the  appropriation  previously  made  therefor.  This 
section  shall  in  no  wise  be  construed  as  limiting  or  restricting 
the  powers  given  to  the  school  committee  by  the  Public  Statutes 
or  any  amendments  thereto. 

SKCT.  36.  The  heads  of  departments  and  all  other  officers 
and  boards  having  authority  to .  expend  money  shall  annually 
before  the  twentieth  day  of  January,  furnish  an  estimate  to  the 
mayor  of  the  money  required  for  their  respective  departments 
and  offices  for  one  year  beginning  with  the  first  day  of  December 
preceding,  and  the  mayor  shall  examine  such  estimates  and  sub- 
mit the  same  with  his  recommendations  thereon  to  the  city 
council  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  February.  The  city  council 
shall  thereupon  make  the  appropriation  for  the  financial  year 
beginning  with  the  first  day  of  December  preceding. 

SKCT.  37.  All  ordinances  of  the  city  of  Cambridge,  or  portions 
thereof,  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  act  are  annulled, 
but  such  portions  as  are  not  inconsistent  herewith  are  continued 
in  force  until  amended  or  repealed  by  the  city  council. 

SECT.  38.     Nothing  contained  herein  shall  affect  the  provisions 


14  CITY  CHARTER. 

of  chapter  one  hundred  and  eight  of  the  acts  of  the  year  eighteen 
hundred  and  eighty-six,  of  chapter  seventy  of  the  acts  of  the 
year  eighteen  hundred  and  eighty -eight,  of  chapter  four  hundred 
and  thirty-nine  of  the  acts  of  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and 
eighty -nine,  or  the  enforcement  of  the  provisions  of  chapter  three 
hundred  and  twenty  of  the  acts  of  the  year  eighteen  hundred 
and  eighty-four  or  of  acts  in  amendment  thereof,  or  of  the  rules 
made  by  the  commissioners  appointed  thereunder,  and  none  of 
the  provisions  of  this  act,  except  those  relating  to  the  power 
of  removal,  shall  affect  the  tenure  of  office  of  any  person  now 
holding  any  office  or  position  in  the  city,  or  the  present  powers 
of  the  board  of  health  therein.  Except  as  herein  provided,  the 
Cambridge  water  board  and  the  commissioners  of  the  Cambridge 
cemetery  shall  continue  to  have  and  exercise  all  powers,  and  be 
subject  to  all  duties  now  conferred  or  imposed  upon  them  by  law 
or  ordinance  until  the  same  shall  be  modified  or  repealed. 

SECT.  39.  Chapter  one  hundred  and  thirty-nine  of  the  acts  of 
the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  thirty-two,  chapter  eighty-seven 
of  the  acts  of  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  thirty -five,  chapter 
one  hundred  and  nine  of  the  acts  of  the  year  eighteen  hundred 
and  forty-six,  chapter  ninety-nine  of  the  acts  of  the  year  eighteen 
hundred  and  fifty-one,  chapter  one  hundred  and  fifty-five  of  the 
acts  of  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  fifty-three,  the  provisions 
of  section  one  of  chapter  forty-four  of  the  acts  of  the  year 
eighteen  hundred  and  fifty -five  relating  to  method  of  appointment 
and  removal  of  cemetery  commissioners,  and  of  section  three  of 
said  chapter  relating  to  execution  of  deeds  by  the  city  clerk, 
chapter  one  hundred  and  twelve  of  the  acts  of  the  year  eighteen 
hundred  and  fifty-six,  chapter  seventy-five  of  the  acts  of  the  year 
eighteen  hundred  and  fifty-seven,  chapter  one  hundred  and  thirty- 
seven  of  the  acts  of  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  fifty-nine, 
chapter  one  hundred  and  ninety-one  of  the  acts  of  the  year 
eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-three,  chapter  sixty-eight  of  the  acts 
of  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty -seven,  chapter  three 
hundred  and  thirty-six  of  the  acts  of  the  year  eighteen  hundred 
and  sixty-nine,  chapter  two  hundred  and  twenty-nine  of  the  acts 
of  the  year  eighteen-  hundred  and  seventy,  chapters  three  hundred 
and  thirty-seven  and  three  hundred  and  forty-five  of  the  acts  of 
the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  seventy-three,  chapter  forty-one 
of  the  acts  of  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  seventy-seven, 
chapter  one  hundred  and  two  of  the  acts  of  the  year  eighteen 
hundred  and  seventy-eight,  chapter  one  hundred  and  ninety  of 
the  acts  of  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  seventy-nine,  chapters 
one  hundred  and  three,  one  hundred  and  ninety-three,  and  two 
hundred  and  thirteen  of  the  acts  of  the  year  eighteen  hundred 


CITY  CHARTER:  15 

and  eighty-six,  and  chapter  two  hundred  and  sixty  of  the  acts  of 
the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  ninety  are  hereby  repealed ;  but 
such  repeal  shall  not  revive  any  act  heretofore  repealed,  nor  shall 
the  repeal  of  said  acts  or  the  annulling  of  ordinances  inconsistent 
herewith  affect  any  act  done,  liability  incurred,  or  any  right 
accrued  or  established,  or  any  suit  or  prosecution,  civil  or  crim- 
inal, to  enforce  any  right  or  penalty  or  punish  any  offence  under 
the  authority  of  said  acts  or  ordinances. 

SECT.  40.  This  act  shall  be  submitted  to  the  qualified  voters 
of  the  city  of  Cambridge  for  acceptance  at  the  next  annual 
municipal  election  held  therein,  and  the  affirmative  votes  of  a 
majority  of  the  voters  present  and  voting  thereon  shall  be 
required  for  its  acceptance. 

SECT.  41.  So  much  of  this  act  as  authorizes  the  submission  of 
the  question  of  its  acceptance  to  the  voters  of  said  city  shall  take 
effect  upon  its  passage,  but  it  shall  not  further  take  effect  unless 
accepted  by  the  voters  of  said  city  as  herein  provided. 


REVISED  ORDINANCES 

1892. 


CITY  OP  CAMBRIDGE 


Ix  THE  YEAR  EIGHTEEN  HUXDKED  AND 


JBe  it  ordained  In/  the   City   Council  of  the  city  of  Cambridge,  as- 
follows  :  — 

CHAPTER   1. 

GENERAL    PKOVISIOXS. 

SECTION  1.     All   by-laws   of   the   city   shall  be   termed   orcli- 
nances  ;  and  the  enacting  style  shall  be,  "  Be,  it  ordained  by  the  pf-s  c  3  §  3 
city  council  of  the  city  of  Cambridge,  as  follows."  p.'s?'c.27,  §15. 

SECT.  2.     All  ordinances  hereafter  passed  shall  be  recorded  in  p>s  c-28»§6- 
the  order  of  passage  by  the  city  clerk,  in  a  book  kept  for  that  be  recorded*0' 
purpose,  with  proper  margins  and  index,  to  be  lettered,  "  Record 
of  Ordinances  of  the  City  of  Cambridge ;  "  which  book  shall  be 
kept  in  the  office  of  the  city  clerk,  subject  to  the  inspection  of 
the  citizens. 

SECT.  3.  All  ordinances  hereafter  passed  shall  be  published 
by  the  city  clerk  by  inserting  the  same  once  in  some  newspaper 
published  in  the  city,  and  shall  be  printed  with  the  City  Docu- 
ments of  the  year  next  subsequent  to  the  date  of  their  adoption ; 
but  this  section  and  section  two  of  this  chapter  are  directory 
only,  and  a  failure  to  comply  with  the  same  shall  not  affect  the 
validity  of  any  ordinance. 

SECT.  4.  This  ordinance  shall  be  known  as  the  "  Revised 
Ordinances  of  1892,"  and,  so  far  as  its  provisions  are  the  same 
in  effect  as  those  of  previously  existing  ordinances,  it  shall  be 
construed  as  a  continuation  of  those  ordinances ;  but,  subject  to 
the  said  limitation  and  to  the  provisions  of  the  next  session,  all 
ordinances  of  the  city  heretofore  in  force  are  hereby  repealed ; 


20 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[ClIAP.  1. 


Not  to  affect 
ordinances 
accepting 
statutes. 


Not  to  affect 
certain  rights, 
penalties,  etc. 


Not  to  affect 
certain  pro- 
ceedings, 
tenureof  office, 
etc. 


Power  to 
license.. 


Employers  and 
other  persons 
liable  to 
penalty. 


Construction 
of  the  words 
"  street"  and 
"  streets." 


Construction 
of  the  words 
"public 
grounds." 


Construction 
of  the  word 
"  owner." 


Construction 
of  the  word 
"tenant"  or 
"  occupant." 

The  word 
"  person." 
Words  giving 
joint  authority. 


Fines  and 

penalties  shall 

inure  to  use  of 

city. 

P.  S.  c.27,§§19, 

130. 

P.  S.  c.  28,  §  26. 


but  this  repeal  shall  not  apply  to  or  affect  any  ordinance  hereto- 
fore adopted  accepting  or  adopting  the  provisions  of  any  statute 
of  the  commonwealth. 

SECT.  5.  This  ordinance  shall  not  affect  any  act  done,  any 
right  accrued,  any  penalty  incurred,  any  suit,  prosecution,  or 
proceeding  pending,  or  the  tenure  of  office  of  any  person  holding 
office,  at  the  time  when  it  takes  effect,  nor  shall  the  repeal  of  any 
ordinance  have  the  effect  of  reviving  an  ordinance  theretofore  re- 
pealed or  superseded,  or  the  effect  of  preventing  any  punishment 
or  penalty  incurred  before  the  repeal  took  effect,  or  of  interfering 
with  any  suit,  prosecution  or  proceeding  pending  at  the  time  of 
the  repeal,  for  an  offence  committed  under  the  ordinance  repealed. 

SECT.  6.  When  in  an  ordinance  anything  is  prohibited  from 
being  done  without  the  license  or  permission  of  a  certain  officer, 
officers  or  board,  such  officer,  officers  or  board,  shall  have  the 
power  to  license  or  permit  such  thing  to  be  done. 

SECT.  7.  When  anything  is  prohibited  in  an  ordinance,  not 
only  the  persons  actually  doing  the  prohibited  thing,  but  also  the 
employers  and  all  other  persons  concerned  therein  shall  be  liable 
to  the  penalty  prescribed. 

SECT.  8.  The  words  "  street "  and  "  streets,"  when  used  in  an 
ordinance,  shall  be  construed  as  including  public  ways,  alleys, 
lanes,  courts,  public  squares,  public  places  and  side-walks,  unless 
such  construction  would  be  inconsistent  with  the  manifest  intent 
of  the  ordinance. 

SECT.  9.  The  words  "  public  grounds  "  shall  include  the  com- 
mon and  all  public  lands  placed  by  the  city  council  under  the  charge 
of  the  1Park  Commissioners  or  the  Water  Board,  and  those  parts  of 
public  places  which  do  not  form  travelled  parts  of  highways. 

SECT.  10.  The  word  "  owner  "  applied  to  a  building  or  land, 
shall  include  any  part  owner,  joint  owner,  tenant  in  common,  or 
joint  tenant,  of  the  whole  or  of  a  part  of  such  building  or  land. 

SECT.  11.  The  word  "tenant"  or  "occupant,"  applied  to  a 
building  or  land  shall  include  any  person  who  occupies  the  whole 
or  a  part  of  such  building  or  land  either  alone  or  with  others. 

SECT.  12.     The  word  "  person  "  shall  include  corporations. 

SECT.  13.  Words  purporting  to  give  a  joint  authority  to  three 
or  more  officers  or  other  persons  shall  be  construed  as  giving 
such  authority  to  a  majority  of  such  officers  or  persons. 

SECT.  14.  All  fines  and  penalties  for  the  violation  of  any 
ordinance,  or  any  order  of  the  board  of  alderman,  shall,  when  re- 
covered, inure  to  the  use  of  the  city,  and  be  paid  into  the  city 
treasury,  unless  it  be  otherwise  directed  by  the  laws  of  the  com- 
monwealth, or  the  ordinances  of  the  city. 


i  Amended  March  13,  1894. 


CHAP.  1.]  GENERAL  PROVISIONS.  21 

SKCT.  15.     Whoever  violates  a  provision  of  any  ordinance  of   General 
the  city,  whether  included  in  these  Revised  Ordinances  or  those   breaches  of 

ordinances. 

which  may  be  hereafter  enacted,  shall,  unless  other  provision  is   p:  s.  c.  27, §§ is, 
expressly  made,  be  liable  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  one  nor 
more  than  twenty  dollars  for  each  offence. 

SECT.    16.      The   following   departments  are   hereby    created,  ^vera™  °fthe 

ncnnplv  •  departments 

LeV  •  of  the  city. 

Assessors  department.  n?w  <Swrter? 8> 

Auditing  department. 

Bridge  department. 

Cemetery  department. 

City  clerk  department. 

City  messenger  department. 

Clerk  of  committees  department. 

Engineering  department. 

Fire  department. 

Health  department. 

Inspection  and  construction  of  buildings  department. 

Inspection  and  supervision  of  electric  wires  department. 

Inspection  of  milk  and  vinegar  department. 

1  Inspection  of  provisions  and  animals  intended  for  slaughter 
or  kept  for  the  production  of  milk. 

Lamp  department. 

Law  department. 

Overseers  of  the  poor  department. 

2  Park  department. 
Police  department. 
Public  library  department. 

Sealer  of  weights  and  measures  department. 

Sewer  department. 

Sinking  fund  department. 

Street  department. 

Treasury  department. 

Water  works  department. 

Each  of  the  several  departments  shall  be  under  the  charge  and   Departments 

to  be  under 

management  of  the  officers  or  boards  designated  in  the  respective  charge  of, 

etc.,  mayor  to 

chapters  relating  thereto,  all  to  be  under  the  general  supervision   have  general 
and  control  of  the  mayor.  1891>  c-  364»  § 8- 

1  Amended  May  10, 1893. 

2  Amended  July  11,  1893. 


22 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  2. 


Mayor  to  en- 
force the  laws 
and  ordin- 
ances, etc. 
1891,  c.  364,  §§  8, 


May  summon 
heads  of 
departments. 
1891,  c.  364,  §  8. 

May  call 
special  meet- 
ings of  the  city 
council. 


Shall  give  in- 
formation to 
city  council 
etc. 
1891,  c  364,  §  8. 


Shall  make 
appointments 
to  fill  vacan- 
cies.temporary 
and  otherwise. 
1891,  c.  364,  §  9. 


Shall  approve 
all  bonds  of 
city  officers. 


All  deeds,  etc., 
given  by  the 
city  to  be 
signed,  etc.,  by 
the  mayor. 
1891,  c.  364,  §  12. 


Other  officers 
may  sign 
certain 
instruments. 


CHAPTER    2. 

THE    EXECUTIVE. 

SECTION  1.  The  mayor  shall  at  all  times  cause  the  laws  of 
the  Commonwealth  and  the  ordinances,  orders  and  regulations  of 
the  city  to  be  executed  and  enforced  by  the  proper  officers ;  shall 
exercise  general  supervision  and  control  over  the  official  acts  and 
conduct  of  all  officers,  and  shall  take  proper  action  to  cause  every 
violation  and  neglect  of  duty  on  their  part  to  be  punished.  He 
may,  at  any  time,  summon  the  heads  of  departments  and  subor- 
dinate officers  before  him  for  information,  consultation  and  ad- 
vice upon  the  affairs  of  the  city. 

SECT.  2.  He  may  call  special  meetings  of  the  board  of  alder- 
men and  of  the  common  council,  or  either,  whenever  in  his  opinion 
the  interests  of  the  city  so  require,  by  causing  a  written  notice  to 
be  left  at  the  usual  dwelling-place  of  each  member  of  the  board 
or  boards  to  be  convened. 

SECT.  3.  He  shall,  from  time  to  time,  communicate  to  said 
boards,  respectively,  such  information  concerning  the  affairs  of 
the  city,  together  with  his  suggestions  and  recommendations  re- 
lating thereto,  as  the  interests  of  the  city  shall  in  his  judgment 
require. 

SECT.  4.  Whenever  a  vacancy  shall  occur  in  an  office  filled 
by  the  appointment  of  the  mayor  with  the  confirmation  of  the 
board  of  aldermen,  the  mayor  shall  appoint  some  person,  subject 
to  such  confirmation,  to  hold  the  office  for  the  remainder  of  the 
unexpired  term  and  until  his  successor  is  appointed  and  confirmed, 
and  whenever  any  person  holding  such  office  shall  be  temporarily 
disabled  from  discharging  the  duties  of  his  office  the  mayor  shall 
designate  some  other  officer  or  person  to  perform  the  duties  of 
such  office  during  the  period  of  such  disability. 

SECT.  5.  The  bond  of  every  city  officer  of  whom  a  bond  is 
required,  and  the  sureties  offered  upon  the  same,  shall  be  approved 
by  the  mayor  before  the  officer  enters  upon  the  performance  of  his 
duties. 

SECT.  6.  All  deeds,  conveyances,  leases  and  other'  instruments, 
which  shall  be  given  by  the  city,  and  which  must  be  signed,  sealed 
and  acknowledged,  shall  be  signed  and  acknowledged  and  delivered 
on  behalf  of  the  city,  by  the  mayor,  who  shall  affix  thereto  the 
city  seal.  But  this  provision  shall  not  be  construed  to  prevent 
any  officer  from  executing  any  conveyance,  lease,  contract  or  other 
instrument  in  performing  the  duties  devolving  upon  him. 


€HAP.  2.]  THE  EXECUTIVE.  23 

SECT.  7.     Whenever  the  amount  due  and  payable  on  any  mort-  Mayor  shall 

J  discharge  and 

gage  belonging  to  the  city  is  paid  to  the  treasurer,  he  shall  certify   assign 

the  same  to  the  mayor,  who  shall  thereupon  discharge  the  mort- 
gage ;  or  he  may  assign  the  same,  without  liability  of  or  recourse 
to  the  city,  and  for  that  purpose  shall  execute  and  deliver  all 
necessary  papers. 

SECT.  8.     When  a  person  entitled  to  redeem  an  estate  sold  for  Mayor  may 

release  tax 

nonpayment  of  taxes  or  assessments  and  purchased  by  the  city,  titles, 
makes  application  for  such  redemption,  the  mayor  may,  on  the 
payment  to  the  treasurer  of  the  amount  due  to  the  city  on  such 
estate,  execute  in  behalf  of  the  city  any  and  all  legal  instruments 
that  may  be  necessary  to  transfer  the  city's  title  to  such  estate. 

SECT.   9.     The  mayor  shall  approve  all  drafts  drawn  by  the  Shall  approve 
city  auditor  upon  the  city  treasurer ;  and  with  the  treasurer  and   drafts, 
auditor  shall  sign  all  bonds,  notes  and  certificates  of  indebtedness   Shall  sign  ail 
issued  for  loans  to  the  city  authorized  by  the  city  council.  city,  etc. 

SECT.  10.     The  mayor  shall  appoint,  subject  to  confirmation  by   Shall  appoint 
the  board  of  aldermen,  for  the  terms  hereinafter  specified  and  officers. 

..,.,.  ..  .    t     ,         ,  ~  ,    .,  Appointments 

until  their  respective  successors  are  appointed  and  confirmed,  the  shall  be 

P  ,,  .,  confirmed  by 

following  officers,  to  wit :  board  of 

aldermen. 
1891,  c.  364,  §  9. 

In  January. 
(For  one  year  from  the  first  Monday  in  January.) 

One  or  more  measurers  of  wood  and  bark.  what  officers 

are  to  be 

Two  or  more  fence  viewers.  appointed  by 

the  mayor  in 
Two  or  more  field  drivers.  January. 

One  pound-keeper  for  each  pound  in  the  city. 

Three  persons  as  a  committee  for  the  preservation  of  fish. 

A  superintendent  of  public  buildings. 

A  keeper  of  lock-ups. 

A  person  to  receive  information  of  damage  done  by  dogs. 

Two  or  more  policemen  without  pay. 

Two  or  more  constables. 

Two  or  more  inspectors  of  junk  shops,  pawn-brokers'  shops  and 
second  hand  clothing  stores  and  dealers. 

One  or  more  weighers  of  hay. 

One  or  more  weighers  of  coal. 

One  or  more  public  weighers. 

One  or  more  weighers  of  boilers  and  heavy  machinery. 

One  or  more  persons  to  seize  illegal  charcoal  baskets,  measures 
and  vessels. 

An  inspector  of  milk  and  vinegar. 

One  or  more  measurers  of  grain. 

One  or  more  measurers  and  surveyors. 

One  or  more  surveyors  of  mechanics'  work. 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  2. 


Officers 
appointed  by 
the  Mayor  in 
January. 


In  February. 


In  March. 


In  March  or 
April. 


In  April. 


In  June. 


One  or  more  auctioneers. 
Two  or  more  undertakers. 

2  One  member  of  the  school  committee  as  a  trustee  of  the  public 
library. 

(For  i  three  years  from  the  first  Monday  in  February.) 

A  member  of  the  board  of  health. 

(For  three  years  from  the  first  Monday  in  February.) 

Two  cemetery  commissioners. 

(For  three  years  from  the  third  Monday  in  January.) 

Two  trustees  of  the  public  library. 

In  February. 
(For  one  year  from  the  first  day  in  March.) 

Five  assistant  assessors,  one  from  each  ward. 

In  March. 
(For  one  year  from  the  first  Monday  in  May.) 

A  bridge  commissioner. 

In  March  or  April. 
(For  one  year  from  the  first  day  of  April.) 

A  sealer  of  weights  and  measures. 

(For  four  years  from  the  first  day  of  May.) 

A  registrar  of  voters. 

In  April. 
(For  one  year  from  the  first  day  of  May.) 

A  superintendent  of  streets. 
A  superintendent  of  lamps. 
A  city  engineer. 

One  or  more  inspectors  of  provisions  and  of  animals  intended 
for  slaughter,  or  kept  for  the  production  of  milk. 

(For  three  years  from  the  first  Wednesday  in  May.) 

Two  commissioners  on  the  sinking  funds  of  the  city. 

In  June. 
(For  five  years  from  the  thirtieth  day  of  June.) 

One  member  of  the  water  board. 

(In  January  of  every  third  year,  beginning  with  the  year  1892,  for  three  years  from 
the  first  Monday  in  February.) 

A  city  physician. 

1  Amended  April  1, 1896. 

2  Amended  Dec.  22, 1892. 


CHAP.  2.]  THE  EXECUTIVE.  25 

SK<T.  11.     The  mayor  shall  also  appoint,  subject  to  confirma-  Mayor  shall 
. .  .  ,  appoint  a 

tion  as  aforesaid  :  harbor- master, 

A  harbor  master  who  shall  hold  office  until  the  appointment  of   and  an 
his  successor,  and  an  inspector  of  wires  who  shall  hold  office  until   wires?  ° 

ISM,  c.  404. 

removed. 

SECT.  12.     In  all  removals  of  officers  of  the  city  by  the  mayor,   Shall  record 
he  shall  assign  the  cause  of  removal  in  writing,  and  shall  fully   removal  of 
state  such  cause  in  the  records  of  his  office. 

SECT.  13.     He  shall  appoint  one  or  two  police  matrons  for  each   shall  appoint 
police  station  which  he  shall  designate  as  a  station  for  the  deten-  matrons, 
tion  and  confinement  of  all  women  under  arrest. 

SECT.  14.     He  shall  designate  some  suitable  person  or  persons,   shall 
other  than  the  overseers  of  the  poor  or  persons  employed  by  them,   pliionato  inter 
to  cause  to  be  properly  interred  the  bodies  of  honorably  discharged   soldiers, 
soldiers    and    sailors    who  may  die  in  the  city  without  leaving   means, 
sufficient   means   to   defray   funeral   expenses,    as   provided   by 
Chapter   three  hundred  and  ninety-five  of  the  acts  of  the  year 
eighteen  hundred  and  eighty -nine. 

SECT.  15.     He  shall  also  appoint,  subject  to  the  confirmation  of  ShaU  appoint 

J  to  vacancies 

the  board  of  aldermen  as  aforesaid,  proper  persons  to  fill  vacancies  j^P01106  aud 

in  the  police  and  fire  departments  of  the  city.  is^T^^G?^' 9 

SECT.  16.     Whenever  the  mayor  shall  be  notified  by  the  city  Wh^n  buil'dln 

engineer  that  any  building  or  structure  has  been  placed  within  within  the 

the  lines  of  a  public  street,  or  so  that  it  may  cause  injury  or  Jjj6^,  *JjJ n 

inconvenience  to  a  public  street,  he  shall  forthwith  issue  an  order   attend  to  its 

removal, 
to  the  party  offending,  directing  that  the  said  building  or  structure 

be  removed  within  a  certain  specified  time,  and  in  case  of  non- 
compliance  the  mayor  shall  direct  that  the  incumbrance  be  removed 
at  the  expense  of  the  delinquent. 


ORDINANCES 


CONSTITUTING    AND    REGULATING   THE    SEVERAL 


DEPARTMENTS 


OF   THE    CITY. 


CHAP.  3.]  ASSESSORS.  29 


CHAPTER  3. 


ASSESSORS. 


SECTION    1.     The  assessors'    department   shall   be   under   the  Assessors 
charge  of  the  board  of  assessors,  who  shall  have  and  exercise  all 


the  powers,  and  be  subject  to  all  the  duties  and  limitations  of  assessors. 
assessors  of  taxes,  and  shall  devote  their  entire  time  to  the  duties 
of  the  office. 

Vacancies  which  shall  at  any  time  arise  in  the  board  of  assessors  vacancies. 
shall  be  filled  for  the  remainder  of  the  municipal  year  by  the  city 
council  in  joint  convention. 

SECT.  2.     The  assessors  shall  keep  a  full  and  complete  record  Duties. 
of   the  name  of  each  male  person  of  twenty  years  of  age  and 
upwards,  and  the  names  of  all  women  twenty  years  of  age  and 
upwards,  who  shall  request  in  writing  over  their  own  signatures 
to  be  assessed  for  a  poll  tax,  having  a  residence  in  the  city  of 
Cambridge,  together  with  the  residence  of  each  of  such  persons  on 
the  first  day  of  May  of  the  present  year  and  of  the  preceding 
year  ;  they  shall  also  keep  a  record  of  all  abatements,  in  a  book  Record  of 
provided  for  that  purpose,  which  record  shall  contain  the  names  faxes™6 
of  the  persons  whose  taxes  are  abated,  the  amount  of  their  taxes 
as  originally  assessed,  the  amount  abated  and  the  reasons  for  each 
abatement. 

SECT.  3.     They  shall  make  out  and  deliver  to  the  city  collector,  warrant  to 
on  or  before  the  first  day  of  September  in  each  year,  lists  of  all  f0r  collection 
taxes  assessed,  together  with  a  warrant  for  the  collection  of  the  p.  saXc.8ii,  §  62. 
sums   named   therein  ;  and  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  every 
ensuing  month  they  shall  deliver  lists  of  all  additional  or  supple- 
mentary assessments  made  during  the  preceding  month,  together 
with  warrants  for  their  collection. 

SECT.  4.     The  assessors  shall  render  to  the  city  auditor  at  the  statement  to 
time  when  they  send  any  tax  list  to  the  city  collector,  a  statement  Amount  of  the 
of  the  amount  of  such  tax  list,  so  far  as  the  amounts  thereof  have  p  xsh  ?.'  11,  §  76. 
not  been  included  in  any  statement  previously  made  to  him  ;  such 
statement  shall  also  include  the  amount  of  taxes  which  have  been 
abated  during  each  month,  giving  the  year  in  which  the  taxes 
abated  were  laid. 

SECT.  5.     The  assessors  shall  forthwith  forward  to  the  city  col-  P.  s.  c.  n,  §  69. 
lector  all  certificates  of  abatements  allowed  by  them. 


30  REVISED  ORDINANCES.  [CHAP.  3. 

Apportion-  SECT.  6.     Whenever  the  board  of  aldermen  shall  apportion  a 

merit  of  sewer 

and  sidewalk     sewer   or    sidewalk  assessment,  and  certify  such  apportionment 

assessments.  ** 

p.  s.  c.  50,  §  25.  to  the  assessors,  the  assessors  shall  for  each  of  the  three  years 
next  ensuing  add  one  of  the  parts  of  said  apportionment,  with 
interest  from  the  date  of  the  same,  to  the  annual  tax  of  the  real 
estate  of  the  person  to  whom  such  assessment  is  assessed. 


CHAP.  4.]  AUDITING.       .  31 


CHAPTER  4. 

AUDITING. 

SECTION  1.     The  city  auditor  shall  have  charge  of  the  auditing  Auditing 
department  of  the  city.     He  shall  hold  his  office  for  the  term  of  in  charge  of 
one  year,  from  the  first  day  of  March  in  the  year  of  his  election  Clty  auditor- 
and  until  his  successor  is  elected  and  qualified.     He  shall  receive  a 
such  salary  as  the  city  council  shall  from  time  to  time  determine. 
Whenever  said  office  shall  be  vacant,  the  city  council  shall  fill  vacancy, 
the   vacancy  in  the  same  manner  as  provided  for  the  annual 
election. 

SECT.  2.     He  shall  give  a  bond  in  such  a  form  as  the  city   simiigive 
solicitor  shall  approve,  with  sufficient  sureties,  to  be  approved  by   bond* 
the  mayor,  in  a  sum  not  less  than  ten  thousand  dollars,  which  bond 
shall  be  executed,  approved  and  delivered  before  he  enters  upon 
the  duties  of  his  office,  and  within  ten  days  after  his  election. 
Should  he  fail  to  give  such  bond  within  the  time  herein  required,   His  election  to 
the  election  shall  be  void,  and  a  new  election  shall  be  had  forth-  failure  to  give 

.  ,  bond  in  ten 

with.      In  case  of  the  death  or  insolvency  of  any  of  the  sureties   days.   When 

.  .  „  new  bond  to 

on  a  bond  so  given,  the  auditor  shall  immediately  notify  the   be  given. 

mayor  and  give  a  new  bond,  with  sufficient  sureties,  as  hereinbe- 
fore provided ;  and  if  he  fails  to  give  such  new  bond  within  a 
reasonable  time  after  notice  to  do  so,  it  shall  be  sufficient  cause 
for  his  removal  from  office.  His  bond  shall  be  placed  in  the  Custody  of  his 

custody  of  the  city  treasurer,  but  the  bonds  of  all  other  officers  of 

,1  .  • -,     T  ^       i  T     IT  i         -,  Custody  of  all 

the  city,  when  not  otherwise  provided  by  law.  and  all  bonds  given   bonds  of  city 

to  the  city  to  secure  contracts,  shall  be  kept  in  the  custody  of  the 
auditor,  who  shall  keep  a  register  of  the  dates,  amounts  and  sure- 
ties on  all  such  bonds,  and  notify  the  mayor  whenever  any  such 
bond  expires,  or  he  is  of  opinion  that  its  security  is  in  any  manner 
impaired. 

SECT.  3.     Before  money  is  paid  out  of  the    city    treasury,    a  Requisition  to 
requisition  therefor  in  writing,  with  detailed  accounts  attached,   SfrSSg^nJ  ail 
specifying  the  amount  to  be  paid,  and  the  party  or  parties  to  whom   f™Ineci8ty  rawn 
the  payment  is  due,  shall  be  made  by  the  board  or  head  of  depart-  trea8ur^- 
ment  incurring  the  expenditure,  upon  the  auditor.     The  auditor  Auditor's 
shall  receive  all  such  requisitions,  accounts  and  claims  rendered   duties- 
against  the  city,  which  have  been  approved  and  certified  as  pro- 
vided in  section  twelve  of  this  chapter,  and  carefully  examine  the 
same ;  shall  see  that  they  are  correctly  cast  and  approved,  neatly 
folded,  filed,  labeled  and  recorded.     In  case  of  any  error  or  infor- 


32 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  4. 


Auditor's 
duties. 


mality,  he  shall  make  note  of  the  fact,  and  return  the  bill  or  de- 
mand with  the  objections,  to  the  officer  or  board  presenting  the 
same,  and  when  the  auditor  has  any  doubt  concerning  the  pro- 
priety or  correctness  of  such  bill  or  account,  if  it  be  not  satisfac- 
torily explained,  he  shall  refer  the  same  at  once  to  the  mayor  for 
consideration  and  final  decision.  He  shall  keep  a  book  in  manner 
and  form  acceptable  to  the  committee  on  accounts,  wherein  he 
shall  record  the  date  and  amount  of  every  account  and  claim 
against  the  city  presented  as  aforesaid,  and  as  finally  corrected 
and  allowed,  and  also  the  name  of  the  person  to  whom  the  same 
shall  be  allowed,  designating  the  fund  or  appropriation  from  which 
the  same  shall  be  paid.  When  the  regular  monthly  bills  due  from 
the  city  for  services  rendered  or  supplies  furnished  shall  have 
been  recorded  by  the  auditor,  and  examined  by  the  committee  on 
accounts,  the  draft  or  order  upon  the  treasurer  for  the  payment 
of  the  aggregate  amount  of  the  bills  aforesaid  shall  be  signed  by 
the  mayor,  and  countersigned  by  the  auditor.  The  auditor  shall 
give  his  certificates  for  all  bills  approved  as  aforesaid  to  the 
treasurer,  which  certificate  shall  specify  the  number  of  the  bill 
as  it  appears  on  the  auditor's  book,  the  account  or  appropriation 
to  which  the  bill  is  chargeable,  the  name  of  the  person  or  persons 
authorized  to  receive  the  amount  due,  together  with  the  amount 
duly  approved  and  payable  to  said  person.  Said  certificate  shall 
be  signed  by  the  auditor,  and  upon  presentation  shall  be  paid  by 
the  treasurer.  The  form  of  such  certificate  shall  be  as  follows  : — 


Form  of  the 
auditor's  cer- 
tificate to  the 
treasurer. 


Committee  on 
accounts. 


CITY  OF  CAMBRIDGE. 

OFFICE  OF  THE  CITY  AUDITOR. 

To  THE  CITY  TREASURER  :  —  I  hereby  certify  that  is 

entitled  to  receive  from  the  city  of  Cambridge,  dollars  for 

approved  bill,  No.  ,  on  Mayor's  dratt,  No. 

You  will  charge  the  above  amount  to 

City  Auditor. 

The  auditor  shall  receive  from  the  treasurer  and  carefully  hold 
all  bonds,  notes,  scrip  and  other  certificates  of  indebtedness  to- 
gether with  coupons  issued  by  the  city,  and  executions  against 
the  same  after  they  have  been  paid,  and  shall  keep  a  registry 
thereof.  Immediately  upon  receiving  any  bond,  note,  scrip, 
coupon,  execution  or  other  certificate  of  indebtedness  from  the 
treasurer,  the  auditor  shall  deliver  to  him  a  check  or  other  order 
for  the  payment  of  the  same. 

SECT.  4.  There  shall  be  appointed  in  the  month  of  January 
annually,  a  joint  standing  committee  on  accounts,  to  consist  of 
two  members  of  the  board  of  aldermen,  and  three  members  of  the 


CHAP.  4.]  AUDITING.      .  33 

common  council ;  which  committee  shall  meet  on  or  before  the   Duty  of  the 
eighth  day  of  each  month,  and  carefully  examine  all  accounts  and   accounts, 
claims  against  the  city  which  shall  be  laid  before  them  by  the 
auditor,  and  compare  them  with  his  record. 

The  committee  on  accounts  shall  direct  the  auditor,  the  treas- 
urer and  collector,  and  other  officers  of  the  city,  and  heads  of 
departments,  as  to  the  manner  in  which  the  books,  records, 
accounts  and  papers  belonging  to  their  several  departments  shall 
be  kept,  and  at  the  end  of  each  financial  year  said  committee  shall  Annual  report 

make  a  report  to  the  city  council  of  the  condition  of  all  said  committee  on 

accounts 
accounts  and  the  manner  in  which  they  have  been  kept  during 

the  year  just  closed. 

SECT.  5.     The  mayor  is  hereby  authorized  to  draw  orders  on   Drafts  upon 
the  treasurer  for  the  payment  of  all  accounts  and  claims  approved 
and  certified  as  provided  in  the  preceding  sections  and  no  other ; 
jiroruled.  Itotrerer,  he  may  draw  his  order  to  pay  any  sum  not   Drafts  on 
exceeding  three-fourths  of  the  amount  then  due,  by  way  of  advance  contracts, 
on  contracts  made,  or  on  work  begun  and  not  completed,  upon  be- 
ing satisfied  of  the  necessity  therefor  by  a  certificate  signed  by 
the    board  or  head  of  department    controlling   the  expenditure, 
within   the   sum    especially   appropriated  therefor   by   the    city 
council,  or  draw  his  order  for  any  sum  upon  the  express  order  of 
the  city  council ;  and  provided  further  that  he  shall  draw  his  order  Drafts  for 
for  the  weekly  payment  of  the  wages  of  such  employees  as  are  payments  of 
entitled  by  law  to  be  paid  weekly ;  the  amounts  of  such  wages 
to  be  entered  upon  pay-rolls  which  shall  be  certified  to  as  correct 
by  the  heads  of  the  respective  departments,  except  where  a  depart- 
ment is  under  the  charge  of  an  executive  board,  in  which  case 
they  shall  be  so  certified  by  some  officer  designated  by  said  board  ; 
all  such  amounts  to  be  within  the  appropriation  to  which  the  same 
shall  be  chargeable  ;  and  provided  further  that  he  shall  draw  his   Drafts  fo-r 
order  for  the  payment  of  the  salaries  of  the  teachers  of  the  public  teachers' 
schools,  and  the  sums  due  for  'state  and  military  aid ;  the  amounts 
of  such  salaries  to  be  entered  upon  pay-rolls  which  shall  be  certi- 
fied to  be  correct  by  the  school  committee,  and  the  amounts  of 
such  sums  for  state  and  military  aid  to  be  entered  upon  pay-rolls, 
which  shall  be  certified  to  be  correct  by  the  committee  on  soldiers' 
aid,  and  approved  by  the  board  of  aldermen ;  such  amounts  to  be 
within  the  appropriation  to  which  the  same  shall  be  chargeable. 

And  i>rori<l<'d  further,  that  he  may  from  time  to  time,  draw  his   ^afts from 

emergency 

orders  upon  the  treasurer  for  the  payment  of  such  sums  as  he  may  fund- 
deem  necessary,  to  be  paid  out  of  any  appropriation  which  may 
be  made  and  set  apart  by  the  city  council  as  a  fund  to  meet 
emergencies,  but  never  to  exceed  the  amount  of  such  appropria- 
tion. 


34 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  4. 


Treasurer  may 
pay  judg- 
ments, bonds, 
notes,  etc. 


Auditor  to 
require 
persons  to  be 
identified. 


Method  of 
keeping  his 
accounts. 


Shall  notify 
the  mayor 
when  an 
appropriation 
is  expended. 


Shall  furnish 
monthly 
statements  to 
the  mayor  and 
the  city 
council. 


Shall  make  an 
annual  report 
to  the  city 
council. 


Financial  year 
to  begin  on 
December 
first. 


SECT.  6.  No  money  shall  be  paid  out  of  the  city  treasury  ex- 
cept upon  the  written  order  of  the  mayor,  addressed  to  the  treas- 
urer, countersigned  by  the  auditor;  p)'ovid<><I,  Ji<nr<>iw\  that  the 
treasurer  may  pay,  before  such  order  is  drawn,  any  sum  of  money 
due  on  the  principal  or  interest  of  any  note,  bond  or  other  security 
of  the  city,  or  on  any  judgment  against  the  city,  and  also  refunds 
certified  by  the  water  registrar. 

SECT.  7.  The  auditor  shall  require  complete  identification  of 
all  persons  seeking  to  receive  settlement  of  bills  and  claims  due 
from  the  city,  and  he  shall  give  his  certificate  to  no  person  other 
than  the  one  named,  in  the  bill,  or  order  transmitted  to  him,  or 
his  duly  authorized  agent  or  attorney. 

SECT.  8.  The  auditor  shall  keep  his  accounts  in  such  form 
and  in  such  detail  as  may  be  necessary  to  a  clear  exhibit  of  all 
expenditures  and  receipts.  He  shall  credit  each  city  account  with 
its  appropriation  for  the  financial  year,  and  with  all  revenue  re- 
ceived on  account  of  the  same,  and  charge  against  the  same  the 
expenditures  as  they  shall,  from  time  to  time  be  allowed.  When- 
ever an  appropriation  for  any  account  is  expended  he  shall 
immediately  give  notice  thereof  to  the  mayor  and  the  city  council, 
and  he  shall  not  pass  or  allow  any  claim  or  account  chargeable 
against  such  appropriation,  until  the  city  council  provides  the 
means  of  paying  the  same.  The  auditor  shall  once  in  each  month 
prepare  a  statement,  and  furnish  the  mayor  and  each  member  of 
the  city  council  a  printed  copy  thereof,  showing  the  condition  of 
each  city  account,  giving  amount  of  appropriations  and  receipts, 
expenditures,  and  unexpended  balances  under  the  same. 

SECT.  9.  The  auditor  shall  countersign  all  the  bonds,  notes 
and  certificates  of  indebtedness  issued  for  loans  to  the  city, 
authorized  by  the  city  council,  and  also  all  orders  drawn  by  the 
mayor  on  the  treasurer,  as  provided  in  section  five  of  this  chapter. 
He  shall  report  to  the  city  council  during  the  month  of  December 
in  each  year,  the  expenditures  and  receipts  during  the  preceding 
financial  year,  giving  in  detail  the  amount  of  appropriations  and 
expenditures,  and  the  receipts  from  each  source  of*  income ;  and 
the  whole  shall  be  arranged,  as  far  as  practicable,  so  as  to  con- 
form to  the  accounts  of  the  treasurer.  He  shall  include  in  said 
report  a  statement  of  the  funded  and  temporary  loans,  and  the 
rate  of  interest  thereon,  and  shall  exhibit  all  the  liabilities  and 
assets  as  shown  on  the  books  in  his  office  at  the  close  of  the 
financial  year. 

The  financial  year  shall  begin  on  the  first  day  of  December, 
and  the  auditor  shall  make  up  his  accounts  to  include  the  last 
day  of  November  annually. 

SECT.  10.     Whenever  any  order  is  drawn  upon  the  city  treas- 


CHAP.  4.]  AUDITING.  35 

urer  by  the  mayor,  the  auditor  shall  charge  it  under  the  appro-  Auditor  shall 
priate  head  of  expenditure,  and  report  the  same  and  the  amount  toPcomnmfee 
thereof  to  the  committee  on  accounts  at  its  next  meeting. 

SECT.  11.     The  pay-rolls  of  city  employees  shall  be  made  up   Pay-roils  of 
each  Saturday  for  the  whole  week,  including  that  day,  and  the 
pay-days    at  the  city  hall  for  such    employees    shall    be    every 
Thursday,  except  in  case  such  day  occurs  upon  a  legal  holiday, 
when  the  next  preceding  day  shall  be  the  pay-day.     Other  pay-  other 
rolls  shall  be  made  up  to  include  the  last  day  of  each  month ;   pa>  "r 
and  the  pay-day  for  the  same  and  for  bills  shall  be  on  the  tenth  of 
each  month,  or  the  day  following  if  such  occurs  on  Sunday  or 
a  legal  holiday ;    and  all  executive   boards   shall   hold  regular  Meetings  of 
meetings   within  the    last   seven   days    of    each   month    for   the   boards!^ 
examination  and   approval  of  bills,  including  pay-rolls  certified 
as  provided  in  section  five  of  this  chapter. 

SECT.  12.     Executive  boards  and  heads  of  departments  shall  Executive 

.  .  boards  and 

approve  all  accounts  and  claims  in  their  respective  departments,   heads  of 

.  departments 

shall  keep  a  record  of  all  contracts  and  obligations  entered  into   to  approve 
by  them,  the  dates  of  the  same,  with  the  names  of  the  parties 
and  the  amounts  of    such   contracts   and  obligations,  when  the 
same  are  known,  and  also  of  the  names  of  the  persons  whose  bills 
are  approved,  and  of  the  dates  and  amounts  of  said  bills.     Heads 
of  departments  and  a  majority  of  each  of  said  boards,  except  the 
school  committee,   shall  certify,  by  their  signatures  upon  such   shall  certify 
bills,  their  approval  of  the  same,  present  them  to  the  appropriate  approval, 
committee  of  the  city  council  for  inspection,  and  pass  them  to 
the  auditor  on  or  before  the  morning  of  the  first  day  of  each 
month.     All  bills  approved  by  the  school  committee  shall  be  certi-  Approval  of 
fied  by  the  secretary,  and  at  least  three  members  of  that  board,    school7 
No  bill  shall  be  approved  by  any  board  l  except  the  school  com- 
mittee, except  at  a  meeting  of  which  all  the  members  have  been 
notified,  and  at  which  there  is  a  majority  present. 

\Vhen  any  committee  of  the  city  council  has  any  doubt  concern- 
ing the  propriety  or  correctness  of  a  bill  presented  to  it  for  inspec- 
tion, it  -  shall,  if  the  same  be  not  satisfactorily  explained,  indorse 
its  disapproval  thereon,  and  report  the  fact  of  such  disapproval, 
with  the  reasons  therefor,  to  the  city  council  at  the  next  meeting. 

SECT.  13.  The  auditor  may,  with  the  approval  of  the  mayor,  sub-auditor, 
in  a  writing  deposited  with  the  treasurer,  designate  a  subordinate 
of  his  department  who  shall  for  such  time,  not  exceeding  thirty 
days  from  the  date  thereof,  as  shall  be  set  forth  in  the  designa- 
tion, perform  all  the  duties  of  the  auditor,  who  shall  be  respon- 
sible for  all  acts  performed  by  such  subordinate  while  performing 
such  duties. 

i  Amended  April  20,  1899. 


36 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  5. 


Bridge  depart- 
ment  in  charge 
of  the  commis- 
sioner of 
bridges. 


Term  of  office. 

Removal. 
Vacancy. 


Powers  and 
duties. 


Shall  make 
annual  report 
to  the  city 
council. 


CHAPTER  5. 

BRIDGE. 

SECTION  1.  The  bridge  department  shall  be  under  the  charge 
of  the  commissioner  of  bridges,  who  shall  have  the  care  and 
management  on  the  part  of  this  city  of  the  West  Boston,  Craigie's, 
Harvard  and  Prison  Point  bridges.  He  shall  hold  office  for  the 
term  of  one  year  from  the  first  Monday  in  May  in  the  year  of  his 
appointment  and  until  his  successor  is  appointed.  He  may  be 
removed  by  the  mayor,  after  due  hearing,  with  the  approval  of  a 
majority  of  the  board  of  aldermen.  A  vacancy  may  be  filled  for 
the  unexpired  term  at  any  time  in  the  same  manner  as  provided 
for  the  original  appointment. 

SECT.  2.  He  shall  have  and  exercise  all  the  powers  in  relation 
to  the  care  and  management  of  the  bridges,  conferred  by  the 
three  hundredth  and  three  hundred  and  second  chapters  of  the 
acts  of  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  seventy,  and  chapter  one 
hundred  and  fifty-five  of  the  acts  of  the  year  eighteen  hundred 
and  eighty-two,  and  of  any  and  all  other  bridges  which  may  at 
any  time  be  placed  in  his  charge  by  the  city  council. 

SECT.  3.  He  shall  annually,  in  December,  report  to  the  city 
council  a  particular  account  of  all  expenditures,  the  property  on 
hand,  the  number  of  times  the  draws  have  been  opened,  and  other 
matters  of  general  interest  in  relation  to  said  bridges,  for  the 
previous  year,  with  an  estimate  of  the  amount  required  of  the  city 
for  the  care  and  maintenance  of  said  bridges  for  the  year  ensuing. 


CHAI>.  6.]  CEMETERY.  37 


CHAPTER  6. 

CEMETERY. 

SECTION  1.     The  cemetery  department  shall  be  under  the  charge  Cemetery 

,      „  .        department 

ot  a  board  or  six  commissioners  to  be  styled  cemetery  commis-  in  charge  of 
sioners,  two  of  whom  shall  be  appointed  in  the  month  of  January  cpmmis- 
of  each  year,  by  the  mayor,  subject  to  confirmation  by  the  board  of  SS? c™44. 
aldermen,  to  hold  their  office  for  the  term  of  three  years  from  the  1891  c.  364,  §  38. 
first  Monday  of  the  February  following  their  appointment.     A   Term  of  office, 
vacancy  in  said  board  may  be  filled  for  the  unexpired  term  at  any   vacancies, 
time  in  the  same  manner  as  provided  for  the  original  appointment. 

SECT.  2.     Said  board  shall  have  the  care,  superintendence,  and  Duties, 
management  of  the  Cambridge  cemetery,  so  called,  and  also  of 
the  burial  ground  on  Garden  street. 

SECT.  3.     Said  board  of  commissioners  shall  have  authority  to  Authority. 
sell  rights  of  burial  in  the  Cambridge  cemetery,  but  all  deeds  Deeds0f  Iot8 
and  conveyances  shall  be  executed  by  the  mayor  in  the  name  of 
the  city,  and  recorded  by  the  city  clerk  in  a  book  kept  for  that 
purpose. 

SECT.  4.     The  commissioners  shall  annually,  in  the  month  of  Annual  report. 
December,  make  and  render  to  the  city  council  a  report  of  all  their 
acts,  doings  and  proceedings,  and  of  the  condition  of  the  said 
cemetery  and  burial  ground,  and  an  account  of  their  receipts  and 
expenditures  for  the  year  ending  November  thirtieth. 

SECT.  5.     Whenever  the  board  of  commissioners  of  the  Cam-  perpetual  care 
.     .  ,  ,        .       ,    ,          ,          of  lots  in  the 

bridge    cemetery,    or  any  person  or  persons   authorized  by  that   Cambridge 

board,  shall  certify  in  writing  to  the  treasurer  that  a  certain  sum  p.  s.  c.  82,  §  17. 
of  money,  not  less  than  fifty  nor  more  than  five  hundred  dollars, 
is  sufficient  to  warrant  the  board  in  assuming  the  preservation 
and  care  of  any  lot  or  grave  in  the  Cambridge  cemetery,  the  treas- 
urer shall  receive  such  amount,  if  offered  by  the  person  or  persons 
owning  such  lot  or  grave,  and  pay  the  interest  thereof  to  the  said 
board  for  the  preservation  and  care  of  the  same^  as  provided  by 
section  four  of  chapter  twenty-five  of  the  ordinances  of  the  city. 

SECT.  6.     All  sums  of  money  which  the  board  of  commissioners  Money  paid 
of  the  Cambridge  cemetery  shall  receive  from  the  city  treasurer  care? of  lots, 
as  interest  upon  sums  which  have  been  paid  by  owners  for  the 
perpetual  care  of  lots  and  graves  in  the  Cambridge  cemetery,  shall 
be  faithfully  applied  by  said  board  in  accordance  with  the  notices 
of  the  city  treasurer  designating  the  particular  lots  and  graves  on 
account  of  which  the  several  payments  have  been  made. 


38  REVISED  ORDINANCES.  [CHAP.  G. 

Fund  for  SECT.  7.     The  f und  so  created  shall  be  denominated  the  "  ceme- 

perpetual  care 

of  lots.  tery  fund  for  the  perpetual  care  of  lots." 

Deeds  in  trust.  l  SECT.  8.  Proprietors  of  lots  may,  upon  forms  prescribed  by 
the  board  of  cemetery  commissioners,  reconvey  said  lot  or  lots 
to  the  city  of  Cambridge ;  and  the  board  of ,  cemetery  commis- 
sioners may  accept  the  same,  for  and  in  behalf  of  the  city  of 
Cambridge,  upon  certain  trusts  in  said  deed  of  reconveyance  to  be 
expressly  mentioned.  But  in  no  event  shall  any  such  deed  of 
reconveyance  be  accepted  as  aforesaid,  unless  and  until  there  shall 
be  deposited  with  and  held  by  the  city  treasurer,  in  accordance 
with  section  4  of  chapter  25  of  the  revised  ordinances,  a  sum 
sufficient,  in  the  opinion  of  the  board  of  cemetery  commissioners, 
to  provide  for  the  perpetual  preservation  and  care  of  such  lot  or 
lots  and  their  several  respective  appurtenances,  including  the 
care  of  the  grass,  resodding,  erecting,  placing,  keeping  in  repair, 
and  the  renewal  of  any  tomb,  curb,  monument,  headstone,  and 
fence  now  or  hereafter  to  be  placed  on  said  lot  or  lots.  .  Any 
proprietor,  so  reconveying  any  lot  or  lots  as  aforesaid  to  the  city, 
may  in  said  deed  reserve  to  himself  and  to  such  as  may  be 
beneficiaries  thereunder  the  right  of  admission  and  such  super- 
vision as  to  the  board  of  cemetery  commissioners  may  seem 
proper,  and  as  may  not  be  inconsistent  with  the  rights  which 
have  vested  in  said  city  of  Cambridge. 

i  Amended  March  29, 1894. 


CHAP.  7.]  CITY  CLERK. 


CHAPTER    7. 

CITY    CLERK. 

SECTION  1.     The   city   clerk  department   shall   be   under   the  city  clerk 

department  in 

charge  of  the  city  clerk,  who  shall  hold  his  office  for  the  term  of  cjiar^e  of  cit^ 
one  year  from  the  first  day  of  March  in  the  year  of  his  election  p-  s-  c- 2?>  §  ^8- 
and  until  his  successor  is  elected  and  qualified.     He  shall  have  Term  of  office. 
the  care  and  custody  of  the  city  records  and  of  all  documents,   pugie^28  §2 
maps,    plans   and   papers   of   the   city,   respecting  the   care   and  1891,  c.  364,  §  19. 
custody  of  which  no  other  provision  is  made.     He  shall  attend 
all  meetings  of  the  board  of  aldermen,  and  all  meetings  of  both 
branches   of  the   city  council,  when  met  in   convention,   and  he 
shall  keep  records  of  the  proceedings  at  all  such  meetings. 

SKCT.  2.     The  city  clerk  shall  give  to  the  city  a  bond,  with  shaiigivea 
sufficient  sureties,  in  the  sum  of  three  thousand  dollars,  in  such  S>nd.ac  °ry 
form  as  shall  be  satisfactory  to  the  city  solicitor,  and  subject  to 
the    approval   of    the   mayor,   which    bond   shall    be   executed, 
approved  and  delivered  before  he  enters  upon  the  duties  of  his 
office,  and  within  ten  days  after  his  election.     Should  he  fail  to  Election  to  be 
give  such  bond  within  the  time  herein  required,  the  election  shall   not  given, 
be  void,  and  a  new  election  shall  be  had  forthwith.     In  case  of  New  bond, 
the  death  or  insolvency  of  any  of  the  sureties  upon  any  bond  so  given, 
given,  the  city  clerk  shall  immediately  notify  the  mayor  and  give 
a  new  bond,  with  sufficient  sureties,   as  hereinbefore  provided ; 
and  if  he  fails  to  give  such  new  bond  within  a  reasonable  time 
after  notice  to  do  so,  it  shall  be  sufficient  cause  for  his  removal 
from  office. 

SECT.  3.     The  city  clerk  shall  notify  the  auditor  of  all  orders   Shaiigive 
passed  by  the   city   council  or  board   of   aldermen,  authorizing   auditor  of 

.      .  ,.,  .  money  orders, 

appropriations,    expenditures,    assessments,    apportionments    or   etc. 
abatements,  immediately   after  such  orders   are   approved.      He 
shall  also  report  to  him  daily  all  amounts  received  by  him,  and 
paid  to  the  treasurer,  on   account  of   licenses    or   fees    of   any 
description.     He  shall  pay  over  to  the  treasurer  daily  all  moneys   shall  pay  daily 

,  ,       ,  .  „  ,.  ...  to  treasurer  all 

received  by  him  on  account  or  licenses  or  lees  ot  any  description,    moneys 
He  shall  report  to  the  treasurer  all  orders  for  sewer  and  sidewalk   shall  Wort 
assessments,    and    all    apportionments    and    abatements    thereof,   sidewalk 
immediately     after    such    orders    are    approved.     1  Six   months 
before  the  expiration  of  the  time  when  an  assessment  of  better- 
ments for  any  street  improvement  must  be  made,  he  shall  notify 
the  city  council  of  the  date  of  said  expiration. 

i  Amended  May  26,  1898. 


40 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  7. 


Assistant  city 

clerk. 

1891.  c.  364,  §19. 

Duties. 


Sh-.llgive 
ti  bond 


Election  void 
if  bond  not 
given. 


New  bond 
given,  when. 


SECT.  4.  The  assistant  city  clerk  shall  assist  the  city  clerk  in 
recording,  indexing  and  certifying  all  documents  and  papers 
required  by  law  to  be  filed  in  the  office  of,  or  recorded  by.  the 
city  clerk,  and  shall  perform  all  other  duties  pertaining  to  the 
office  of  city  clerk  when  thereto  requested  by  the  city  clerk,  or 
when  from  any  cause  the  office  of  city  clerk  shall  be  vacant. 

SECT.  5.  The  assistant  city  clerk  shall  give  a  bond  in  such 
form  as  the  city  solicitor  shall  approve,  with  sufficient  sureties, 
to  be  approved  by  the  mayor,  in  the  sum  of  three  thousand  dol- 
lars, which  bond  shall  be  executed,  approved  and  delivered  before 
he  enters  upon  the  duties  of  his  office,  and  within  ten  days  after 
his  election.  Should  he  fail  to  give  such  bond  within  the  time 
herein  required,  the  election  shall  be  void,  and  a  new  election  shall 
be  had  forthwith.  In  case  of  the.  death  or  insolvency  of  any  of 
the  sureties  on  any  bond  so  given,  he  shall  immediately  notify  the 
mayor  and  give  a  new  bond,  with  sufficient  sureties,  as  herein- 
before provided ;  and  if  he  fails  to  give  such  new  bond  within  a 
reasonable  time  after  notice  to  do  so,  it  shall  be  sufficient  cause 
for  his  removal  from  office. 


CHAP.  8.]  CITY  MESSENGER. 


CHAPTER    8. 

CITY    MESSENGEK. 

SECTION   1.     The   city  messenger  department  shall  be  under  city  messenger 
the  charge  of  the  city  messenger,  who  shall  hold  office  for  one  charge™?1^1? 
year  from  the  first  day  of  May,  in  the  year  of  his  election  and  Ssfi^Sfif  19. 
until  another  is  chosen  in  his  place,  subject  to  removal,  at  any 
time,  by  the  city  council. 

SECT.  2.  The  city  messenger  shall  attend  to  the  opening  and  Duties, 
closing  of  the  rooms  in  the  city  hall,  and  have  the  care  and  charge 
of  the  same ;  shall  attend  all  meetings  of  the  board  of  aldermen 
and  of  the  common  council ;  shall  wait  upon  all  committees  and 
boards  when  in  session  at  the  city  hall,  and,  in  general,  shall 
perform  all  services  required  by  the  mayor,  by  either  branch  of 
the  city  council,  or  by  such  committees  or  boards,  and  shall 
receive  such  compensation  as  the  city  council  may  determine. 

SECT.   3.     The  city  messenger  shall  purchase  all  supplies  of  shall  purchase 

stationery,  etc. 

stationery  required  for  the  use  of  the  city  council  and  depart- 
ments acting  thereunder.  He  shall  keep  a  detailed  account  of 
all  such  purchases  and  deliveries  from  the  same,  and  shall 
furnish  each  department  only  upon  a  requisition  signed  by  the 
head  of  such  department,  and  take  a  receipt  for  all  articles 
delivered.  He  shall  make  monthly  reports  to  the  city  auditor  Monthly 
of  all  stationery  furnished  by  him  to  each  of  the  several  depart-  auduor. . 
ments  of  the  city.  He  shall  have  charge  of  all  printed  matter, 
bound  volumes  and  books  of  reference  belonging  to  the  city  and 
not  delivered  to  the  departments,  and  shall  distribute  the  same, 
or  keep  them  in  convenient  form  for  reference,  according  to  such 

rules  as  the  committee  on  printing  shall  adopt.     He  shall  report  Annual  report 

.    .  t  to  the  city 

to  the  city  council  annually,  in  December,  giving  a  general  state-  council. 

ment  of  purchases,  deliveries  and  stock  on  hand,  with  a  catalogue 
of  all  additions  to  the  reference  library. 


42 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  9. 


Clerk  of 
committees, 
department  in 
charge  of. 
1891,  c.  364,  §  19. 


Duties. 


Shall  keep 
books  of 
record,  etc. 


Assistant  clerk 
of  committees, 
how  appointed. 

His  duties. 
1891,c.364,  §34. 


CHAPTER    9. 

CLERK    OF    COMMITTEES. 

SECTION  1.  The  clerk  of  committees  department  shall  be 
under  the  charge  of  the  clerk  of  committees,  who  shall  hold  his 
office  for  the  term  of  one  year  from  the  first  day  of  May  in  the 
year  of  his  election  and  until  his  successor  is  elected.  He  shall 
act  as  clerk  of  all  committees,  standing  or  special,  of  either 
branch,  and  of  both  branches  of  the  city  council,  not  otherwise 
provided  for  by  ordinance  or  order,  and  shall  receive  such  com- 
pensation as  the  city  council  shall  determine. 

SECT.  2.  He  shall  make  a  proper  record,  in  books  kept  for  the 
purpose,  of  all  proceedings  and  transactions,  and  keep  a  calendar 
of  all  meetings  of  the  committees  of  which  he  is  clerk,  and,  when 
requested  by  the  chairman,  notify  the  members  thereof.  He 
shall  perform  such  other  duties  and  services,  in  making  estimates 
and  computations,  drawing  orders  and  reports,  and  rendering 
assistance,  as  such  committees  shall  require. 

SECT.  3.  The  clerk  of  committees  shall  appoint  an  assistant 
clerk,  who  shall  assist  him  in  the  performance  of  the  duties  of 
his  office,  and  shall  discharge  the  duties  of  the  clerk  of  com- 
mittees when  that  officer  is  absent,  and  whenever  there  is  a 
vacancy  in  his  office. 


CHAP.  10.]  ENGINEERING.     '  43 


CHAPTER    10. 

ENGINEERING. 

SECTION  1.     The  engineering  department  shall  be  under  the   Engineering 
charge  of  the  city  engineer,  who  shall  hold  his  office  for  the  term   cbarge  of  the 
of  one  year  from  the  first  day  of  May  in  the  year  of  his  appoint-  is9i,  c!?64. 
ment  and  until  his  successor  is  chosen.     He  shall  receive  such 
compensation  as  the  city  council  may  determine. 

SECT.  2.     The  city  engineer  shall  exercise  a  general  supervision   Duties. 
of  all  matters  within  said  department ;  he  shall  be  consulted  in 
relation  to  public  improvements  of  every  kind  where  the  advice 
of    a   civil   engineer   would   be   of    service.     He   shall  have  the   Charo.e  of  an 
charge  of  all  plans  of  streets,  drains,  sewers  and  structures  of  Pla118- 
every  kind,  not  especially  belonging  to  other  departments,  and 
shall  keep  the  same  properly  classified  and  indexed ;  and  he  may 
make  such  rules  and  regulations,  concerning  the  taking  of  plans 
from  his  office,  as  he  may  deem  necessary  to  insure  their  safety. 

SECT.   3.     Unless  otherwise  specially  provided,  he  shall  take   charge  of  the 
charge  of  the  construction  of  all  public  works  of  the  city  which 
properly   come   under  the  direction  of    a   civil    engineer ;    shall 
perform  all  engineering  services  and  make  all  examinations  and 
prepare  all  statements,  plans,  specifications  and  contracts  which 
any  department  may  need  in  the  discharge  of  its  duties ;  shall, 
upon  being  notified  by  the  mayor,  supervise  all  repairs  on  the   brldses- 
bridges  used  as  highways,  which  affect  the  safety  of  the  struct- 
ures, and  when  required  by  the  mayor,  or  by  any  officer  or  board 
in  charge  of  a  department,  shall  measure  the  work  done  by  con-  Shall  measure 
tract  for  the  city,  and  certify  to  the  results  of  such  measurement.   Sntract!16  by 

SECT.  4.     He  shall,  either  by  himself  or  his  assistants,  make   ghall  make 
such  surveys,  plans,  profiles,  estimates  and  descriptions  as  may 
be  required  of  him  by  the  mayor,  the  board  of  aldermen,  the  city 
council  or  any  committee  thereof :  and  he  shall  perform  all  other   required  of 

mm. 

such  services  for  the  city,  which  properly  come  under  the  direc- 
tion of  a  civil  engineer,  as  may  be  required  of  him  by  the  mayor, 
the  board  of  aldermen,  the  city  council  or  any  committee  thereof, 
the  city  solicitor,  the  water  board,  or  the  board  of  cemetery  com- 
missioners. 

SECT.  5.     He  shall  take  charge  of  all  plans  and  surveys  relating   pians  and 
to  the  laying  out,  widening,  extending,  and  grading  of  streets, 
and  the  establishing  of  correct  lines  for  the  same,  and  of  all  such 
structures  and  public  works  of  the  city  as  the  city  council  may 
direct ;  provided,  that  nothing  in  this  section  shall  be  so  construed 


44  REVISED  ORDINANCES.  [CHAP.  10. 

Shall  not  inter-   as  to  authorize  him  to  interfere  with  existing:  departments  or 

fere  with  other 

departments,  boards  oi  omcers,  or  with  any  which  may  be  hereafter  estab- 
lished, whose  duties  may  be  clearly  defined. 

SSd  JfSdt^Sr       SECT-  6-     He  sha11  give  to  a11  applicants,  so  far  as  the  files 

charge!  fiee  °f  an(^  recoi'ds  of  his  office  will  permit,  any  information  as  to  the 
lines  and  grades  of  streets  on  which  their  estates  are  situated,  or 
upon  which  they  intend  to  build.  And  all  information  of  this 
character  furnished  to  owners  of  estates,  or  persons  representing 
them,  or  to  those  intending  to  build,  shall  be  without  charge.  l  It 

Foundation  shall  be  his  duty  to  ascertain  the  proper  foundation  grade  for  the 
superstructure  of  every  building  to  be  erected  by  the  city,  and 
immediately  thereafter  to  furnish  all  necessary  information  in 
relation  thereto  to  the  superintendent  of  public  buildings. 

Shall  notify  the        SECT.  7.     Whenever  he  shall  ascertain  that  any  building:  or 

mayor  of 

encroachments   structure  has  been  placed  within  the  lines  of  a  public  street, 

on  the  public  .  . 

streets  or  so  that  it  may  cause  injury  or  inconvenience  to  a  public 

street,  he  shall  immediately  give  notice  thereof  in  writing  to 
the  mayor. 

Shall  annually        SECT.  8.     He  shall  annually,  or  oftener  if  required,  carefully 

examine  the 

bridges,  etc.  examine  all  the  bridges  within  the  city  limits,  and  make  such 
reports  respecting  their  condition  as  to  safety,  need  of  renewal 
or  repairs,  as  the  case  may  require. 

Annual  report        SECT.    9.     He    shall   annually,    in    the   month    of    December, 

to  the  city  J  ' 

council.  present  to  the  city  council  a  report  in  relation  to  his  department, 

showing  the  number  of  persons  employed,  the  detailed  expenses 
of  the  department,  the  general  nature  of  the  work,  the  property 
under  his  charge,  the  condition  of  all  structures  that  come  under 
his  supervision  that  are  in  process  of  construction,  or  that  have 
been  completed  during  the  previous  year,  and  such  other  general 
information,  in  relation  to  the  same,  as  he  may  deem  expedient. 

i  Amended  Dec.  29, 1897. 


(HAP.  11.]  FIRE.  45 


CHAPTER  11. 

FIRE. 

SK<  TIOX  1.     The  fire  department  shall  be  under  the  charge  of   Fire  depart- 
ment in  charge 

.the   chief  engineer.      The  department   shall   consist   of   a   chief   £j 'jj^jj.11** 
engineer,  two l  engineers,  who  shall  be  styled  call  district  chiefs,   Qther  officerg 
and  of  as  many  enginemen,  assistant  enginemen,  hosemen,  and   etc., of  the 
hook    and    ladder   men,  to    be  divided    into    companies,   as    the   p- s- c-  35»  § 28- 
number  of  engines  and  other  fire  apparatus  belonging  to  the  city 
shall  require. 

SKCT.   2.      The    chief    engineer,    call    district    chiefs,    and    all  Terms  of  office, 
officers   and  members   of  the   fire   department  shall   hold   their 
respective  offices   and  places  until  they   are  removed,  or  their 
offices  or  places  are  otherwise  vacated.     The  mayor,  for  cause   Removals. 
assigned  by  him,  and  after  due  hearing  by  him  may,  with  the 
approval  of  a  majority  of  the  board  of  aldermen,  at  any  time 
remove  from  office  or  place,  the  chief  engineer,  any  call  district 
chief,  any  officer  and  any  member  of  the  department.     In  the   vacancies. 
case  of  a  vacancy  in  the  offices  of  the  chief  engineer  and  the  call 
district  chiefs,  such  vacancy  shall,  within  thirty  days  after  it  is 
created,    be    filled    by    appointment    by    the    mayor,    with    the 
approval  of  the  board  of  aldermen. 

SKCT.  3.      The    chief   and   the    call   district    chiefs,    on   their  Warrants  of 

appointment. 

appointment,  shall  each  receive  a  warrant,  in  the  words  follow- 
ing :  "  This  certifies  that  -  -  is  appointed  chief  engineer 
(or  call  district  chief)  of  the  fire  department  of  the  city  of 
Cambridge;  and  is  entitled  to  all  the  immunities,  and  invested 
with  all  the  powers  belonging  to  said  office.  Given  under  my 
hand,  this  -  —  day  of  -  — ,  A.  D.,  18 — .  — ,  Mayor, 
— ,  City  Clerk." 

SECT.  4.  The  chief  engineer  shall  engage  in  no  other  business  Duties  of 
or  occupation.  The  call  district  chiefs  shall  report  their  absences 
from  fires  in  their  respective  districts,  with  the  reasons  therefor, 
to  the  chief  engineer,  who  shall  keep  a  record  thereof,  and  of  his 
own  absences  from  fires.  They  shall  also  report  to  him  when- 
ever they  intend  to  leave  the  city.  2  There  shall  be  appointed  one 
more  driver  than  those  required  for  the  existing  engine  and  hook 
and  ladder  companies.  The  chief  engineer  may  designate  one  of 
the  drivers  in  the  fire  department  to  act  as  driver  of  his  wagon. 

i  Amended  Dec.  9,  1896. 
•-^  A  mended  May  4,  1893. 


46  REVISED  ORDINANCES.  [CHAP.  11. 

Such  person  shall  be  constantly  employed,  and  shall  at  all  times 

be  in  or  about  the  engine  house  except  when  on  duty  elsewhere, 

unavoidably  absent,  or  excused  from  duty  by  the  chief  engineer. 

Duties  of  SECT.  5.     The  call  district  chiefs  shall,  whenever  a  fire  breaks 

out  in  their  respective  districts,  immediately  repair  to  the  fire, 

wearing  the   badge    of   their   office  ;    shall   require    and    compel 

assistance  from  all  persons  in  extinguishing  the  fire,  removing 

furniture,  goods,  or  other  merchandise  from  any  building  on  fire 

or  in  danger  thereof,  and  in  pulling  down  any  building,  if  occa- 

sion require,  and  shall  suppress  all  tumults  and  disorders  at  fires. 

Chief  engineer       SECT.  6.     The  chief  engineer  shall  have  the  sole  command  at 

command  at       fires  over  all  persons,  whether  members  of  the  fire  department 

or  not.     He  shall  direct  all  proper  measures  for  extinguishing 

fires,   protecting  property,   preserving   order,  and   enforcing  the 

laws,    ordinances    and    regulations    respecting    fires  ;    and    shall 

examine  into  the  condition  of  the  fire  engines  and  all  other  fire 

apparatus,  and  of  the  fire-engine  houses  and  other  houses  belong- 

ing to  the  city,  and  used  for  the  department  and  by  the  companies 

thereto  attached,  as  often  as  once  a  week,  and  whenever  directed 

Shall  certify  all  s°  to  do  by  the  mayor.     He  shall  certify  all  bills,  and  submit  the 

submit  "them  to   same  for  inspection  monthly  to  the  joint  standing  committee  on 


^ne  ^re  department.  He  shall  report  to  the  city  council,  annually, 
/  in  the  month  of  December,  a  statement  of  the  receipts  and 

Annual  report,  expenditures  of  his  department,  the  condition  of  the  fire  engines 
and  all  other  fire  apparatus,  a  schedule  of  the  property  in  his 
charge,  the  names  of  the  officers  and  members,  and  all  other 

Fire  facts  in  relation  to  the  department.     Whenever  the  fire  engines 

apparatus, 

public  and         or  other  fire  apparatus  require  repairs,  he  shall  cause  the  same  to  be 

made,  under  the  direction  of  the  mayor,  and,  as  far  as  practicable, 

shall  examine  into  the  location  and  condition  of  fire  apparatus 

belonging  to  corporations  or  private  individuals  within  the  limits 

Direction  of       of  tne   G^Y-     He  shall   require  the   permanent  men,,  when  not 

otherwise  engaged,  to  perform  such  other  duties  and  do   such 

other  work  as,  in  his  judgment,  may  be  deemed  proper.     He  shall 

Transmit  also  receive  and  transmit  to  the  city  council  all  returns  of  officers, 

comicii.tOClty    members,  and  fire  apparatus,  made  by  the  respective  companies 

as  hereinafter  prescribed,  and  all  other  communications  relating 

to  the  affairs  of  the  fire  department;  shall  keep  fair  and  exact 

rolls  of  the  respective  companies,  specifying  the  time  of  admis- 

oV^n  firesP°rt    sion  and  discharge  and  the  age  of  each  member,  and  shall  report 

p.  s.  c.  85,  §  10.   amma;Qy?  or  oftener  if  directed,  all  accidents  by  fire  which  may 

happen  within  the  city,  with  the  cause  thereof,  the  number  and 

description  of  the  buildings  destroyed  or  injured,  and  the  amount 

of  loss  and  insurance  on  the  same,  together  with  the  names  of 

the  owners  or  occupants. 


CHAP.  11.]  FIRE.  47 

SKCT.  7.     In  case  of  the  absence  of  the  chief  engineer,  a  call   Can  district 

chief  to  act  in 
district  chief,  designated  by  him,  shall  execute  the  duties  of  his   absence  of 

office  with  full  powers,  except  that  each  call  district  chief  shall 
have  full  control  within  his  district  during  a  fire. 

SECT.  8.     No  person  who  is  not  a  legal  voter  in  the  city,  and   Qualifications 
no  person  whose  daily  occupation  is  carried  on  outside  of  the  department, 
city,   shall  be  appointed,   or   continue  an   officer   or  member   of 
the   fire   department.     l  Whoever  is  appointed  hereafter  to  any   Retire  from 
position  in  the  fire  department  may  be  retired  from  the  service 
at  any  time  after  he  reaches  the  age  of  sixty  years,  at  the  dis- 
cretion of  the  mayor,  with  the  approval  of  the  board  of  aldermen. 

-  Whoever  is  appointed  hereafter  as  a  member  of  the  fire  depart-  Physical 

.  .  examination. 

ment  snail,  beiore  receiving  such  appointment,  be  subjected  to 
a  satisfactory  physical  examination. 

SKCT.   9.     Each  steam  fire-engine  company  shall   consist  of  a 
captain,  lieutenant,  engineman,  assistant  engineman,  driver  of  the 
steam  fire  engine,  driver  of  the  hose  carriage,  and  six  hosemen. 
The  captain  and  lieutenant  shall  be  nominated  by  the  chief  en- 
gineer for  appointment  by  the  mayor  and  aldermen.     The  engine-  Which  to  be 
man,   assistant    engineman  and   the  drivers  shall  be    constantly   men. 
employed,  and  shall  at  all  times  be  in  or  about  the  engine  house, 
except  when  unavoidably  absent,  or  excused  from  duty  by  the 
chief  engineer. 

The    captain  of   each  steam    fire-engine   company   shall  have  Duties  of 

...  *  captains  and 

charge  and  direction  01  his  company  at  fires.  lieutenants. 

The  lieutenant  of  each  steam  fire-engine  company  shall  assist 
the  captain  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties,  and  act  as  clerk  of  the 
company. 

Each  chemical  engine  company  shall  consist  of  a  lieutenant, 3  j^emicai 
an  engineman 3  and  driver.      The  lieutenant 3  of  each  chemical  companies, 
engine  company  shall  have  charge  and  direction  of  his  company 
at  fires. 

4  In  addition  to  the  permanent  force  before  mentioned,  there  Addition  to 

permanent 

shall    also    be    appointed    5  six    men   who    shall    be    constantly   force, 
employed,  and  who  shall  be  assigned  as  the  chief  engineer  may 
direct.  5  provided,  however,  that  the  number  of  members  of  the 
department    other   than   those   permanently    employed  shall   be 
reduced  by  three. 

3  There  shall  also  be  appointed  from  the  permanent  force  one 
permanent  lieutenant  of  hook  and  ladder  truck  companies,  whose 
duty  shall  be  the  same  as  that  now  performed  by  the  call  lieu- 

1  Amended  Oct.  12, 1898. 

2  Amended  Dec.  22, 1898. 

3  Amended  July  27,  1898. 

4  Amended  Oct.  28,  1896. 

5  Amended  Sept.  30, 1898. 


48 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP,  ll. 


Permanent 
lieutenant  of 
chemical 
engine 
companies. 


Additional 
permanent 
man  to  each 
steam  fire 
engine. 


Duties  of 
enginemen. 
P.  S.  c.  35,  §  34. 


Duties  of 
drivers. 


Members  of 
hook-and- 
ladder 
companies. 

Company  in 
charge  of 
Hayes  truck. 


tenants  of  said  truck  companies,  and  in  the  absence  of  the 
captain  he  shall  have  the  care  of  the  engine  house  and  all  city 
property  therein.  There  shall  also  be  created  the  position  of 
permanent  lieutenant  of  chemical  engine  companies,  who  shall  be 
chosen  from  the  permanent  force,  whose  duty  shall  be  the  same 
as  that  now  performed  by  the  engineman  of  said  chemical  com- 
panies. Such  permanent  lieutenants  to  be  assigned  as  the  chief 
engineer  may  direct.  The  assistant  engineman  shall  be  desig- 
nated and  known  as  engineman,  and  in  the  absence  of  the  perma- 
nent lieutenant,  he  shall  have  charge  of  the  chemical  engine 
house  and  all  city  property  therein. 

4  There  shall  also  be  appointed  one  additional  permanent  man 
to  each  steam  fire  engine,  making  seven  additional  permanent 
men ;  and  the  number  of  the  call  men  to  each  steam  fire  engine 
shall  be  correspondingly  reduced. 

SECT.  10.  The  engineman  of  each  fire-engine  company  shall, 
under  the  direction  of  the  chief  engineer,  have  the  immediate 
care  of  the  engine  house  and  all  the  property  therein  belonging 
to  the  city.  He  shall  make  requisitions  on  the  chief  engineer 
for  all  supplies  required  for  his  company.  He  shall  be  held  per- 
sonally responsible  for  the  care  and  condition  of  the  fire  engine, 
and  have  it  at  all  times  ready  for  immediate  use.  He  shall  be 
accountable  for  the  discipline  of  his  company,  and  report  to  the 
chief  engineer  any  breach  of  the  same.  l  In  the  absence  of 
the  engineman  the  assistant  engineman  shall  have  the  care  of 
the  engine  house  and  all  city  property  therein. 

SECT.  11.  The  driver  of  each  fire  engine,  and  the  driver  of  the 
hose  carriage,  shall  drive  and  have  charge  of  the  horses  of  the 
fire  engine  and  hose  carriage,  respectively,  and  have  the  same  at 
all  times  ready  for  immediate  use,  and  the  stable  kept  neat  and 
clean.  They  and  the  assistant  enginemen  shall  assist  the  engine- 
men  in  keeping  the  house  and  apparatus  clean,  and  all  shall 
perform  such  other  duty  as  may  be  required  of  them  by  the  chief 
engineer. 

SECT.  12.  Each  hook-and-ladder  company 2  except  the  company 
in  charge  of  the  Hayes  truck,  so  called,  shall  consist  of  a  captain, 
lieutenant,  driver,  and  3  nine  laddermen.  2  The  company  in 
charge  of  the  Hayes  truck,  so  called,  shall  consist  of  a  captain, 
lieutenant,  driver,  tillerman,  and  not  more  than  four  laddermen. 
The  captain  and  lieutenant  shall  be  nominated  by  the  chief  engi- 
neer for  appointment  by  the  mayor  and  aldermen.  The  captain 
shall,  at  all  fires,  have  charge  and  direction  of  his  company.  The 

1  Amended  Feb.  26,  1898. 

2  Amended  Feb.  23,  1894. 

3  Amended  Dec.  9,  1896. 

4  Amended  Oct.  12,  1899. 


CHAP,  ll.]  FIRE.  49 

lieutenant  shall  assist  the  captain  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties, 

and  also  act  as  clerk  of  the  company.     The  driver l  and  tiller-  Duties  of 

,,     ,  .  ,         .  driver  and 

man  shall  be  constantly  employed,  and  at  all  times  be  in  or  tiiierman. 
about  the  hook-and-ladder  house,  except  when  unavoidably  absent, 
or  excused  from  duty  by  the  chief  engineer.  l  The  driver  shall 
drive  and  have  charge  of  the  horses,  shall  keep  the  stable  neat 
and  clean,  and  perform  such  other  duty  as  may  be  required  of 
him  by  the  chief  engineer.  l  The  tiiierman  shall  operate  the 
tiller  of  the  Hayes  truck,  so  called,  and  shall  also  perform  such 
other  duties  as  may  be  assigned  to  and  required  of  him  by  the 
chief  engineer. 

SECT.  13.     The  captain  of  each  hook-and-ladder  company  shall  The  captains  of 

hook  and 

be   constantly  employed,  and  at  all  times  be  in  and  about  the  ladder  com- 
hook-and-ladder    house,    except    when    unavoidably    absent,    or  permanent 
excused  from  duty  by  the  chief  engineer.     He  shall,  under  the 
direction  of  the  chief  engineer,  have  the  sole  care  of  the  hook- 
and-ladder  house  and  all  the  property  therein  belonging  to  the  Duties  and  re- 
sponsibilities, 
city,  and  shall  be  held  personally  responsible  for  the  care  and 

condition  of  the  same.  He  shall  be  accountable  for  the  disci- 
pline of  his  company  and  report  to  the  chief  engineer  any  breach 
of  the  same. 

SECT.   14.     Whenever  any  vacancy  occurs  in  any  fire-engine,   vacancies  in 
hose,  or  hook-and-ladder  company,  the  vacancy  shall  be  filled  by   how  sued!' 
appointment  by  the  mayor  with  the  approval  of  the  board  of 

aldermen.     The  members  of    such   companies  shall  continue  in  Terms  of 

service  of 

service  until  removed  by  the  mayor  and  aldermen,  or  until  their  members, 
positions  are  otherwise  vacated,  provided,  however,  that  the  chief 
engineer  or  any  call  district  chief  may  suspend  any  member  of 
a  company  for  such  cause  as  he  may  deem  sufficient,  and  the  call 
district  chiefs  shall  each  immediately  report  any  case  of  suspen- 
sion by  him  to  the  chief  engineer,  and  the  chief  engineer  shall, 
as  soon  as  possible,  report  any  case  of  suspension  to  the  mayor. 

SECT.  15.     The  captains  shall  keep,  or  cause  to  be  kept  by  the  captainsishaii 

cause  to  be 
clerks  of  their  respective  companies,  lair  and  exact  rolls,  speci-  kept  roils  of 

fyiiig  the  time  of  admission,  discharge  and  age  of  each  member,  companies, 
and  accounts  of  all  city  property  intrusted  to  the  care  of  the 
several  members,  and  of  all  cases  of  absence  and  tardiness,  in  a 
book  provided  for  that  purpose  by  the  city,  which  rolls  or  record 
books  are  always  to  be  subject  to  the  order  of  the  chief  engineer 
and  the  mayor.  They  shall  also  make,  or  cause  to  be  made,  to 
the  chief  engineer,  true  and  accurate  returns,  of  all  the  members, 
with  their  ages,  and  of  the  apparatus  intrusted  to  their  care, 
whenever  called  upon  so  to  do. 

SKCT.  16.     The  officers  and  members  of  the  several  companies, 

i  Amended  Feb.  23,  1894. 


50 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  11. 


In  case  of  fire, 
duty  of  officers 
and  members. 


Transfer  of 
members. 


Copy  of 
records  of 
transfers  and 
suspensions  to 
be  sent  to  the 
mayor. 


Duty  of 
captains  at 
fires. 


Duty  of  other 
officers  in  the 
absence  of 
captain. 


No  fines  to  be 
imposed  on 
members. 


Deductions 
from  pay 
permitted. 


Uniforms  for 

permanent 

members. 


Badges  to  be 
worn  at  all 
fires. 


Refreshments. 


whenever  a  fire  breaks  out  in  the  city,  shall  repair  forthwith  to 
their  respective  fire  engines,  hose,  and  hook-and-ladder  carriages, 
and  obey  the  directions  of  the  chief  or  the  call  district  chief  in 
charge,  and  in  the  absence  of  all  the  call  district  chiefs,  the 
directions  of  their  respective  captains. 

SECT.  17.  The  chief  engineer  shall  have  power  to  transfer 
members  from  one  company  to  another,  whenever  the  interests  of 
the  department  may  require  it. 

SECT.  18.  In  all  cases  of  transfer,  or  suspension  of  the  mem- 
bers of  the  fire  department  by  the  chief  engineer  or  call  district 
chiefs,  the  name  of  the  person  transferred  or  suspended,  with  a 
statement  of  the  reasons  thereof,  shall  be  entered  by  the  chief 
engineer  on  his  records,  and  a  copy  of  the  same  shall  be  trans- 
mitted at  once  to  the  mayor. 

SECT.  19.  The  captain  of  each  steam  fire-engine  and  hook-and- 
ladder  company,  and  the  engineman  of  each  chemical  engine 
company,  immediately  on  his  arrival  at  any  fire,  shall  report  to 
the  chief  engineer,  or  the  call  district  chief  in  charge,  and  shall 
remain  by  his  company  and  the  apparatus  of  which  he  has 
charge,  during  the  fire,  preserve  order,  direct  their  operations, 
and  protect  them  from  being  interrupted  in  the  discharge  of 
their  duty. 

SECT.  20.  In  the  absence  of  the  captain  of  any  company,  the 
officer  next  in  rank,  who  is  present,  shall  take  the  command,  and 
have  all  the  powers  and  responsibilities  of  captain. 

SECT.  21.  No  company  shall  be  allowed  to  impose  fines  upon 
its  members ;  but  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  clerk  of  each  com- 
pany to  enter  in  the  roll  book  provided  by  the  city,  all  absences 
of  each  officer  or  member  of  said  company  from  all  fires  and 
alarms  of  fire,  and  from  the  monthly  and  special  meetings  author- 
ized by  the  chief  engineer,  and  to  make  a  monthly  return  of  the 
same  to  the  chief  engineer.  And  for  every  such  absence,  except 
in  case  of  sickness,  there  shall  be  deducted  from  the  pay  of  such 
officer  or  member  the  sum  of  fifty  cents. 

SECT.  22.  The  permanent  men  of  the  department  shall  be 
required  to  furnish  themselves  with  a  suitable  uniform,  the  same 
to  consist  of  a  cap,  overcoat,  undercoat,  vest,  and  pantaloons,  and 
to  be  of  such  materials,  quality  of  goods,  and  pattern,  as  the  chief 
engineer  may  prescribe. 

SECT.  23.  Every  member  of  the  department  shall  wear  at  all 
fires,  such  badge  as  the  chief  engineer  shall  prescribe ;  and  no 
person  without  such  badge,  excepting  members  of  the  city  council, 
shall  enter  within  the  lines  formed  at  any  fire. 

SECT.  24.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  chief  engineer  as  far  as 
possible,  to  prevent  refreshments  being  furnished  at  fires  to  any 


CHAP.  11.]  PENSIONING  OF  FIREMEN.  51 

persons,  except  members  of  the  fire  department.     No  intoxicating   intoxicating 
liquors  of  any  kind  shall  be  carried  into  any  of  the  houses  used 

J  Gambling. 

by  the  fire  department  ;   nor  shall  any  gambling  be  permitted 
therein. 

SECT.  25.     No  company  shall  leave  the  city  in  case  of  fire  in  companies  not 
the    neighboring    towns,    except    by    the    consent    of    the    chief  c?t/aexcept. 
engineer  ;   and  no  company  shall  leave  the  city  on  an  excursion, 
unless  by  the  permission  of  the  mayor,  and  such  permission  shall 
in  no  case  be  deemed  to  include  the  apparatus. 

SECT.  26.  The  chief  engineer  and  call  district  chiefs  shall  Combustibles. 
thoroughly  examine  into  all  places  where  shavings  and  other 
combustible  materials  are  deposited  or  collected,  and  cause  the 
same  to  be  removed  by  and  at  the  expense  of  the  owners  or 
other  occupants  of  any  such  places,  whenever  the  security  of  the 
city  against  fire  requires  it. 

SECT.  27.     The    chief    engineer    shall    make   rules   for  giving   Rules  for  fire- 
alarms  of  fire  by  telegraph,  and  may  alter  the  same  ;  and  he  tefe^aph. 
shall  make  such  rules  and  regulations  for  the  better  government, 

7    Rules  for 

discipline,  and  good  order  of  the  department,  and  for  the  extin-  discipline,  etc. 
guishing  of  fires,  as  he  may  deem  expedient,  the  same  not  being 
repugnant  to  the  laws  of  this  commonwealth,  or  to  any  ordinance 
of  the  city,  but  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  city  council  ;  such 
rules  shall  be  placed  on  file  in  the  office  of  the  chief  engineer. 

FIRE  LINES. 

SECTION  1.     At  any  place  or  places  in  this  city  at  which  a  fire  No  person 
is  or  has  been  in  progress  no  person  other  than  firemen,  policemen 
and  other  parties  duly  authorized  shall  advance,  enter  or  remain 


within  or  beyond  any  barrier,  line  or  limit  of  approach  to  said  J[J.thln  barrier» 
place  or  places  which  barrier,  line  or  limit  has  been  established 
or  located  by  roping  off  or  otherwise  by  order  of  the  chief  of  the 
fire  department,  during  the  time  and  at  the  place  at  which  said 
barrier,  line  or  limit  of  approach  is  maintained. 

SECT.  2.     Said  barrier,  line  or  limit  of   approach  so  established   Barrier,  line, 
or   located    as  provided  in    section  one,  shall  be  known  as  and  SS'l^^"1 
called    a  "  fire  line." 

SECT.  3.     Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this   penalty. 
ordinance  shall  be   liable   to    a   penalty    not   exceeding   twenty 
dollars  for  each  offence. 

PENSIONING    OF    FIREMEN. 

SECTION  1.     Upon  the  recommendation  of  the  chief  engineer   petition  for 
of  the  fire  department  to  the  city  council  or  upon  his  own  petition  peE 
therefor,  any  fireman  in  the  employ  of  the  city,  who,  by  reason 
of  permanent  disability  incurred  while  in  the  discharge  of  his 


52 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  11. 


Shall  receive 
pension  for 
such  a  time, 
etc. 


Pension 
granted  under 
restrictions, 
etc. 


City  physician 
shall  examine, 
and  furnish 
written  state- 
ment, etc. 


Chief  engineer 
shall  furnish 
written  state- 
ment, etc. 


Amount  of 
pension  not  to 
exceed,  etc. 


duty  as  fireman,  is  no  longer  able  to  perform  active  service  as 
such,  fireman,  shall  receive  such  a  pension  for  such  a  time  and 
to  such  an  amount  as  upon  hearing  he  may  be  found  entitled 
thereto. 

SECT.  2.  Every  pension  granted  to  a  fireman  shall  be  under 
the  following  restrictions  and  subject  to  the  following  provisions, 
viz. :  1.  It  shall  be  payable  monthly.  2.  It  may  be  increased, 
diminished  or  revoked  at  any  time  after  due  notice  to  the  pen- 
sioner and  a  hearing  before  a  committee  of  the  city  council. 

SECT.  3.  The  city  physician  shall  examine  every  person  rec- 
ommended for  or  applying  for  such  pension,  and  shall  furnish  to 
the  city  council  a  written  statement  in  regard  to  his  physical 
condition  so  far  as  it  affects  permanently  his  ability  to  perform 
active  service  as  a  fireman. 

SECT.  4.  The  chief  engineer  of  the  fire  department  shall  fur- 
nish to  the  city  council  a  written  statement  of  the  circumstances 
under  which  his  disability  was  incurred,  and  the  sources  of  his 
information  in  regard  to  the  same. 

SECT.  5.  The  pension  granted  to  the  chief  engineer  of  the  fire 
department  shall  not  exceed  one-half  of  the  amount  of  his  salary. 
The  pension  granted*  to  any  other  member  of  the  department 
shall  not  exceed  forty-three  dollars  per  month  in  any  case. 


CHAP.  12.]  HEALTH.  53 


CHAPTER    12. 

HEALTH. 

1  SECTTOX  1.     The  health  department  shall  be  under  the  charge   Health  depart- 
of  the  board  of  health,  which  shall  consist  of  three  persons  not  S^thVboa^dlf 
members  of  the  city  council,  one  of  whom  shall  be  a  doctor  of  p^c'.  so,  §8. 
medicine.     One  of  them  shall  be  appointed  by  the  mayor  subject  Term  Of  office, 
to  the  confirmation  by  the  board  of  aldermen,  some  time  during 
the  month  of  January  of  each  year,  to  hold  office  for  the  term  of 
three  years  from  the  first  Monday  in  February,  in  the  year  of 
his  appointment. 

SECT.  2.     The  members  of  the  board  of  health  shall  serve  with-  Shan  serve 

without  pay. 

out  compensation.  Suitable  accommodations  and  conveniences 
shall  be  furnished  the  "board  at  the  expense  of  the  city,  under  the 
direction  of  the  superintendent  of  public  buildings. 

SECT.  3.     The  board  shall  annually,  in  the  month  of  January,  Annual  report 
report  to  the  city  council  an  accurate  account  in  detail  of  all  *' 
receipts  and  disbursements  during  the  past  financial  year,  and 
before  the  twentieth  day  of  January  of  each  year  shall  submit  to 
the  mayor  an  estimate  in  detail  of  the  appropriations  required  by 
the  health  department  for  that  financial  year. 

SECT.  4.  The  board  shall  be  vigilant  and  active  in  protecting  Duties  of  the 
the  public  health;  shall  see  that  the  laws  and  ordinances  in 
relation  to  the  same  are  enforced ;  shall  communicate  its  views 
to  the  city  council  from  time  to  time,  as  it  may  deem  expedient, 
and  may  call  upon  the  police  department  and  the  various  city 
officers  to  aid  it  in  the  performance  of  these  duties. 

SECT.  5.     The  board  shall  make  all  contracts  and  regulations  shall  make 
for  the  cleaning  of  private  cesspools,  vaults  and  privies,  and  all  contracts  and 
contracts  for  such  work  shall  contain  the-  condition  that  such 
work  shall   be  performed   to  the   satisfaction  of   the  board  of 
health. 

SECT.  6.     Whenever  the  board  of  health  does,  or  causes  to  be  shall  send  bills 
done,  work  for  any  person,  it  shall  enter  in  books  kept  for  that 
purpose,  all  such  work  done,  with  the  price  thereof,  and  shall 
forthwith  make  out  bills  for  the  same,  and  deliver  them  to  the 
treasurer  for  collection,  who  shall  at  once  demand  payment  of 
the  same ;  and  the  board  shall,  on  the  first  day  of  every  month,   Monthly 
report  in  writing,  to  the  auditor,  a  list  of  the  bills  so  delivered,   auditor. 

i  Amended  April  1, 1896. 


54  REVISED  ORDINANCES.  [CHAP.  12. 

and,  in  case  any  such  bills  or  dues  remain  unpaid  at  the  expira- 
tion of  thirty  days  after  demand  for  payment  as  aforesaid,  the 
treasurer  shall  collect  the  same  according  to  law. 

Permits  for  SECT.  7.     The  city  engineer,  under  the  direction  of  the  board 

vaults.  of  health,  is  authorized  to  permit,  under  such  restrictions  as  they 

may  deem  expedient,  the  construction  of  sufficient  passage  ways 

or  conduits  under  ground  for  the  purpose  of  conveying  the  liquid 

contents  of  any  vault  into  any  common  sewer. 


CHAP.  13.]        CONSTRUCTION,  ETC.,  OF  BUILDINGS.  55 


CHAPTER  13. 

COXSTRUCTIOX,    MAIXTEXAXCE    AND    IXSPECTIOX    OF    BUILDIXGS. 

SECTION  1.     The  superintendent  of  public  buildings  shall  be  Requirements 
an   able    and   experienced   architect,  builder   or   mechanic.     He  ten8djmtof~ 
shall  have  the  sole  charge  of  the  construction,  inspection,  repair,  buildings, 
alteration,  care  and  custody  of  all  the  public  buildings  of  the   Duties, 
city  not  constructed  for  or  by  any  other  special  department,  and 
shaj.1  supervise  and  direct  the  construction  of  buildings  of  other 
departments  whenever  so  requested  by  any  such  department,  and 
shall  have  the  control  of  the  enforcement  of  the  plumbing  ordi- 
nance.    He  shall  receive  such  compensation  for  his  services  as 
the  city  council  may  from  time  to  time  determine. 

SECT.  2.     In  the  month  of  December  of  each  year  he  shall  Annual  report 

to  city  council, 
present  to  the  city  council  a  written  report,  showing  the  number 

and  condition  of  all  buildings  under  his  care,  and  what  repairs, 
in  his  opinion,  may  be  needed  upon  each  for  the  next  twelve 
months,  and  the  probable  cost  of  such  repairs. 

SECT.  3.     As  often  as  practicable  he  shall  examine  and  inspect  shall  examine 

.    ,  *.  ,.  .  „       ,,    and  inspect  the 

the   materials,    construction,    alteration,   repair    and    use    01    all   material, 

buildings  and  other  structures  erected  and  in  the  process  of  etc..  of  build- 
erection,  alteration  or  repair  within  the  city  limits,  excepting 
such  buildings  and  structures  as  are  used  and  occupied  by  the 
United  States  or  the  commonwealth,  also  excepting  bridges, 
quays  and  wharves,  and  as  far  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  per- 
formance of  his  duties  enter  any  such  building  or  premises. 

For  other  than  department  buildings  and  structures  he  shall  3^  of°any 
require  plans  and  specifications  or  a  description  of  any  proposed   P™<Ptiond 
erection,  alteration  or  repair,  other  than  necessary  repairs,  to  be  Jjej^tion  or 
filed  in  his  office,  and  shall  grant  licenses  for  such  erection  or 
alteration   and   repairs   other  than  necessary  repairs,   when  the 
plans,  specifications   or  descriptions   are   so  filed  in  conformity 
with  the  ordinances  of  the  city  and  the  laws  of  this   common- 
wealth.    He  shall  make  a  record  of  all  violations  of  this  ordi-  Shall  make 

record  of  all 

nance,  with  the  street  and  number  where  such  violations  occurred,  violations, 
the  names  of  the  owners,  architects  and  master  mechanics  and  all 

other  matters  relative  thereto.     He  or  his  assistants  shall  exam-  shall  examine 

ine  all  buildings  reported  dangerous  or  damaged  by  fire  or  acci-  reported 

dent,  and  make  a  record  of  such  examinations,  stating  the  nature  damaged  by1 

and  amount  of  such  damage,  the  name  of  the  street  and  number  record" of 

of  the  building,  the  names  of  the  owner  and  occupant,  and  the  s 
purpose  for  which  it  is  occupied ;  he  shall  examine  all  buildings 


56 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  13. 


Shall  examine 
buildings  that 
are  to  be 
raised,  etc. 


Authority  to 
enter  and 
examine 
buildings  for 
prevention  of 
lire. 


May  enter 
premises  to 
ascertain 
origin  of  fire. 

Designate  an 
assistant  who 
shall  have 
power  and 
authority  of 
superinten- 
dent. 

Person  before 
building,  etc., 
shall  give 
written 
statement  to 
superinten- 
dent, with 
plan,  material 
to  be  used,  and 
precise 
location. 


Shall  obtain 
written  license 
to  build. 


Shall  obtain 
lines  and 
grades  of  the 
streets  from 
City  Engineer. 


Applicant  to 
give  seven 
day's  notice. 


for  which  applications  have  been  made  for  permits  to  raise, 
enlarge,  alter,  build  upon  or  tear  down,  and  make  a  record  of 
such  examination.  The  records  required  by  this  section  shall 
always  be  open  to  the  inspection  of  any  officer  of  the  city. 

SECT.  4.  He  shall  have  all  the  right  and  authority  that  the 
inspector  of  buildings  now  has  and  that  may  hereafter  be  given 
and  conferred  by  the  laws  of  this  commonwealth  and  ordinances 
of  this  city  now  and  hereafter  in  force  relating  to  the  inspection, 
construction,  use,  occupation,  alteration,  repair  and  safety  of 
buildings  and  structures  within  the  limits  of  the  city  for  the 
prevention  of  fires  and  the  protection  of  life,  and  shall  cause  the 
ordinances  of  the  city  and  the  statute  law  of  this  commonwealth 
now  and  hereafter  in  force  with  reference  thereto  to  be  strictly 
enforced.  He  may  enter  upon  the  premises  wherein  any  fire  has 
occurred  and  ascertain,  if  possible,  the  origin  of  the  fire.  He 
shall  designate  an  assistant  in  his  department  as  his  deputy,  who, 
in  the  event  of.  and  during  his  temporary  absence  or  disability 
shall  have  and  exercise  all  the  powers  and  authority  of  the 
superintendent. 

SECT.  5.  Every  person  before  proceeding  to  build,  erect,  alter 
or  repair  in  any  way,  except  in  making  necessary  repairs,  any 
structure,  building,  wall  or  fence  whatsoever  (if  said  wall  or 
fence  is  at  any  place  nearer  than  five  feet  to  the  line  of  any 
public  street  next  adjacent  thereto),  except  bridges,  quays, 
wharves  or  buildings  of  the  government  of  the  United  States  or 
this  commonwealth,  shall  first  give  written  notice  to  the  superin- 
tendent of  his  intention,  with  a  plan  of  the  structure,  building, 
wall  or  fence  proposed,  the  materials  to  be  used,  the  number  of 
the  street,  the  precise  location,  and  the  name  of  the  owner 
or  owners  of  the  land ;  and  shall  obtain  from  the  superintendent 
a  written  license  so  to  do ;  and  in  all  cases  where  any  part  of 
such  structure,  building,  wall,  or  fence  is  nearer  than  five  feet  to 
the  line  of  the  street  next  adjacent  thereto,  he  shall  obtain  free 
of  expense  from  the  city  engineer,  if  in  the  power  of  the  latter 
to  furnish  the  same,  the  lines  and  grades  of  the  streets  adjoining 
which  he  proposes  to  build,  erect,  alter  or  repair  as  aforesaid. 
The  superintendent  may  also,  before  issuing  a  license  as  afore- 
said, require  the  applicant  to  give  seven  days'  notice  in  writing 
of  the  application  to  any  and  all  persons  whose  interests  the 
superintendent  considers  may  be  effected  by  the  proposed  work. 
All  materials  are  to  be  of  good  quality  for  the  purposes  for 
which  they  are  to  be  used,  and  to  conform  to  legal,  trade  and 
manufacturers'  standards,  and  be  subject  to  the  approval  of  the 
superintendent. 

SECT.  6.     The  superintendent  shall  designate  in  every  permit 


CHAP.  13.]         CONSTRUCTION",  ETC.,  OF  BUILDINGS.  57 

for  the  erection  of   a  new  building  the  lowest  grade  at  which   Lowest  grade 
the  floor  of  the  basement  story  of  such  building  may  be  laid.  designated. 

SECT.  7.     No  building  more  than  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  NO  building  to 
feet  in  height  above  the  grade  of  the  street  shall  hereafter  be   more  than  125 
erected  in  this  city,  provided,  however,  that  this  restriction  shall   excepieg?a\n 
not  apply  to  grain  or  coal  elevators  or  sugar  refineries,  nor  to 
spires  of  churches,  steeples,  domes,  towers  or  cupolas  erected  for 
strictly  oramental  purposes,  of  fireproof  material. 

SECT.  8.     Every  portion  of  every  structure  in  process  of  con- 
struction,   alteration,  repair  or   removal,  and  every  neighboring 

structure  or  portion  thereof  affected  thereby,  or  by  any  excava-  sufficiently 

supported. 

tion,  shall  be  properly  constructed  and  sufficiently  supported. 
The  superintendent  may  take  such  measures  as  the  public  safety 
requires  to  carry  this  section  into  effect,  and  any  expense  so 
incurred  may  be  recovered  by  the  city  from  the  owner  of  the 
defective  structure. 

SECT.   9.     Every  building  of  three  or  more  stories  in  height   Owners  of 

buildings  if 
within  this  city  now  or  hereafter  used,  in  whole  or  in  part,  as  a  notified  by 

public  building,  public  or  private  institution,  schoolhouse,  church,   dent  shall 

provide  proper 

theatre,  public  hall,  place  of  assemblage  or  place  of  public  resort,  ways  of  egress 

,      .. '  , .          .  i.   i_  or  other  means 

and    every    such    building    in  which   ten   or   more    persons    are   of  escape  from 

employed  above  the  second  story  in  a  factory,  workshop  or  mer- 
cantile or  other  establishment,  and  every  hotel,  family  hotel, 
apartment  house,  boarding  house,  lodging  house  or  tenement 
house  within  this  city  in  which  ten  or  more  persons  lodge  or 
reside  above  the  second  story,  and  every  factory,  workshop, 
mercantile  or  other  establishment  within  this  city,  the  owner, 
lessee  or  occupant  of  which  is  notified  in  writing  by  the  super- 
intendent that  the  provisions  of  this  section  are  deemed  by  him 
applicable  thereto,  shall  be  provided  with  proper  ways  of  egress 
or  other  means  of  escape  from  fire  sufficient  for  the  use  of  all  ' 
persons  accommodated  assembling,  employed,  lodging  or  residing 
in  such  building ;  and  such  ways  of  egress  and  means  of  escape  • 

shall  be  kept  free  from  obstruction,  in  good  repair,  and  ready  for 
use.  Every  room  above  the  second  story  in  any  such  building 
in  which  ten  or  more  persons  are  employed  shall  be  provided,  if 
the  superintendent  shall  so  direct  in  writing,  with  more  than  one 
way  of  egress  by  stairways  on  the  inside  or  outside  of  the  build-  Egress  by 
ing,  placed  as  near  as  practicable  at  the  opposite  ends  of  the 
building ;  stairways  on  the  outside  of  the  building  shall  have 
suitable  railed  landings  at  each  story  above  the  first,  and  shall 
connect  with  each  story 'by  doors  or  windows,  and  such  landings, 
doors  and  windows  shall  be  kept  clear  of  ice  and  snow  and  other 
obstructions.  Xo  person  shall  be  employed  in  a  factory,  work- 
shop or  mercantile  or  other  establishment  in  a  room  above  the 


58 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP. 


Doors  to  be 
made  so  as  to 
open  outward. 


Portable  seats. 


Proscenium 
shall  have  a 
fire-resisting 
curtain. 


Hotel,  etc., 
more  than  two 
stories  high  to 
be  provided 
with  means  of 
egress. 


Building  for 
more  than  one 
family  to  have 
safe  means  of 
egress. 


Schoolhouses, 
churches,   etc., 
to  have 
independent 
ways  of  egress. 


To  be  kept  in 
good  repair. 


Owners 
entitled  to 
certificate  that 
building  is 
provided  with 
safe  means  of 
egress. 


second  story  from  which  there  is  only  one  way  of  egress  if  the 
said  superintendent  shall  so  direct  in  writing.  All  doors  and 
windows  in  any  building  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  section 
shall  open  outwardly,  if  the  superintendent  shall  so  direct  in 
writing.  No  portable  seats  or  other  obstructions  shall  be  allowed 
in  the  aisles  or  passage-ways  of  such  buildings  during1  any  service 
or  entertainment  held  therein.  The  proscenium  or  curtain  open- 
ing of  all  theatres  shall  have  a  tire-resisting  curtain  of  some 
incombustible  material  and  such  curtain  shall  be  properly  con- 
structed and  shall  be  operated  by  proper  mechanism ;  the  certifi- 
cate of  the  superintendent  shall  be  conclusive  evidence  of  a 
compliance  with  such  requirements. 

SECT.  10.  Every  hotel,  family  hotel,  apartment  house,  boarding 
house,  lodging  house  or  tenement  house  hereafter  erected,  more 
than  two  stories  high  from  the  level  of  the  street,  shall  be  pro- 
vided with  two  stairways  placed  in  such  a  manner  at  opposite 
sides  or  ends  of  the  building  that  the  inmates  shall  have  easy 
means  of  egress  at  all  times ;  said  stairways  to  lead  from  each 
story,  and  all  halls  leading  from  front  to  rear  shall  be  provided 
with  doors  so  as  to  form  a  tire  and  smoke  stop. 

SECT.  11.  Every  building  hereafter  built,  and  every  building 
occupied  by  more  than  one  family,  shall  have,  according  to  its 
height,  condition,  construction,  surroundings,  character  or  occu- 
pation, and  number  of  occupants,  one  or  more  safe  means  of 
egress  in  case  of  fire,  as  the  superintendent  may  direct. 

SECT.  12.  Every  schoolhouse  two  stories  or  more  high,  every 
church,  theatre,  public  building,  hall,  place  of  assembly  or  resort, 
every  building  occupied  above  the  second  story  by  two  or  more 
families,  or  as  a  tenement,  boarding  or  lodging  house,  or  as  a 
factory  or  workshop,  where  ten  or  more  persons  are  employed, 
shall  have  at  least  two  independent  ways  of  egress,  each  accessi- 
ble from  each  apartment,  and  one  of  which  shall  be  enclosed  in 
brick  walls,  shall  have  no  interior  openings  other  than  the  doors 
of  the  apartments  from  which  it  is  an  exit,  and  shall  be  provided 
with  a  ventilating  skylight,  which  can  be  operated  from  the 
lower  hall.  All  ways  of  egress  from  every  building  shall  be 
kept  in  good  repair.  No  obstruction  shall  be  placed  upon  any 
way  of  egress  from  any  building.  Provided,  however,  with  the 
approval  of  the  superintendent  such  stairways  may  be  con- 
structed as  hereafter  provided  in  section  twenty-six. 

SECT.  13.  Any  owner  or  lessee  responsible  for  the  condition 
of  a  building  shall  be  entitled  to  a  certificate,  or  if  the  original 
has  been  issued,  an  exhibition  of  the  duplicate  thereof  on  the 
superintendent's  records  to  the  effect  that  such  building  is  pro- 
vided with  safe  means  of  egress,  if  and  whenever  such  is,  the 


CHAP.  13.]        CONSTRUCriON,  ETC.,  OF  BUILDINGS.  59 

case  in  the  superintendent's  opinion.  Any  tenant  of  or  person 
employed  in  any  private  building,  and  in  the  case  of  any  public 
building  or  public  school,  any  citizen  of  Cambridge  shall  be 
entitled  to  an  exhibition  of  the  superintendent's  record,  and,  if 
no  certificate  has  been  issued,  may  apply  to  have  a  certificate 
issued  for  such  building. 

SECT.  14.     In  case  any  building  subject  to  sections  nine,  six-  in  case 
teen,  seventeen,  eighteen,  nineteen,  twenty  and  twenty-one  of  this 
ordinance  is  owned,  leased,  or  occupied,  jointly   or  in  severalty,  ieverai?y.ln 
by  different  persons,  any  one  of  such  persons  shall  have  the  right 
to  apply  to  any  part  of  the  outside  of  such  building  and  to  sus- 
tain from  any  part  of  the  outside  wall  thereof,  any  way  of  egress 
or  means   of    escape   from   fire   specified   and  described    by  the 
superintendent,  notwithstanding  the  objection  of  any  other  such 
owner,  lessee,  or  occupant ;  and  any  such  way  of  egress  or  means 
of  escape  may  project  over  the  highway. 

SECT.  15.      The  platforms,   landings   and  steps  of  every  fire  ^r?  "Toa 
escape  shall  be  strong  enough  to  carry  a  load  of  seventy  pounds   B®  u'JUJf  to 
to  the  square  foot  in  addition  to  the  weight  of  material.  square  foot. 

SECT.  16.  In  this  city  no  building  three  or  more  stories  in 
height  designed  to  be  used,  in  whole  or  in  part,  as  a  public  build- 
ing,  public  or  private  institution,  schoolhouse,  church,  theatre, 
public  hall,  place  of  assemblage  or  place  of  public  resort,  and  no 
building  more  than  two  stories  in  height,  designed  to  be  used 
above  the  second  story,  in  whole  or  in  part,  as  a  factory,  work- 
shop or  mercantile  or  other  establishment,  and  having  accomoda- 
tions  for  ten  or  more  employees  above  said  story,  and  no  building 
more  than  two  stories  in  height  designed  to  be  used  above  the 
second  story,  in  whole  or  in  part,  as  a  hotel,  family  hotel,  apart- 
ment house,  boarding  house,  lodging  house,  or  tenement  house, 
and  having  ten  or  more  rooms  above  said  story,  shall  hereafter 
be  erected  until  a  copy  of  the  plans  of  such  building  has  been 
deposited  with  the  superintendent  by  the  person  causing  the 
erection  or  construction  of  such  building,  or  by  the  architect  who  pians  to 
has  drawn  such  plans,  which  plans  shall  include  therein  the 
system  or  method  of  ventilation  provided  for  such  building, 
together  with  a  copy  of  such  portion  of  the  specifications  of  such 
building  as  the  superintendent  may  require,  nor  shall  any  such 
building  be  so  erected  without  the  provision  of  sufficient  ways  of 
egress  and  other  means  of  escape  from  fire  properly  located  and 
constructed.  The  certificate  of  the  superintendent  endorsed  with  certificate  of 
the  approval  of  the  chief  of  the  district  police  force,  shall  be  dent.nn 
conclusive  evidence  of  a  compliance  with  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance  ;  provided  that  after  the  granting  of  such  certificate  110 
change  is  made  in  the  plans  or  specifications  of  such  ways  of 


60 


KEVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  13. 


Fire  stops  in 
floors,  etc.,  to 
prevent  spread 
of  fire. 


No  woodwork 
to  be  near 
pipe. 


Penalty. 


Shall  examine 
buildings. 


Certificate  of 

number  of 

persons  for 

whom 

ways  of  egress 

and  means  of 

escape  are 

deemed 

sufficient. 


Certificate 
shall  be  of  no 
effect,  etc. 


Certificate  may 
be  revoked. 


egress  and  means- of  escape,  unless  a  new  certificate  is  obtained 
therefor.  The  superintendent  may  require  that  proper  fire  stops 
shall  be  provided  in  the  floors,  walls  and  partitions  of  such  build- 
ings, and  may  make  such  further  requirements  as  may  be  neces- 
sary or  proper  to  prevent  the  spread  of  fire  therein  or  its 
communication  from  any  steam  boiler  or  heating  apparatus  ;  and 
no  pipe  for  conveying  hot  air  or  steam  in  such  building  shall  be 
placed  nearer  than  one  inch  to  any  woodwork,  unless  protected 
to  the  satisfaction  of  the  superintendent  by  suitable  guards  or 
casings  of  incombustible  material,  and  no  wooden  flue  or  air 
duct  for  heating  or  ventilating  purposes  shall  be  placed  in  any 
such  building. 

SECT.  17.  Any  person  erecting  or  constructing  a  building,  or 
any  architect  or  other  person  who  shall  draw  plans  or  specifica- 
tions or  superintend  the  erection  or  construction  of  a  building,  in 
violation  of  the  two  preceding  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  shall 
be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  less  than  fifty  nor  more  than  one 
thousand  dollars,  and  may  also  be  enjoined,  as  otherwise  pro- 
vided by  statute  at  the  instance  of  the  superintendent. 

SECT.  18.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  superintendent  to  exam- 
ine from  time  to  time  all  buildings  subject  to  the  provisions  of 
sections  nine  and  sixteen  of  this  ordinance.  In  case  any  such 
building  conforms,  in  the  judgment  of  the  superintendent,  to  the 
requirements  of  this  ordinance,  he  shall  issue  to  the  owner, 
lessee  or  occupant  of  such  building,  or  of  any  portion  thereof,  used 
as  above  mentioned  in  sections  nine  and  sixteen  of  this  ordinance, 
a  certificate  to  that  effect,  specifying  the  number  of  persons  for 
whom  the  ways  of  egress  and  means  of  escape  in  case  of  fire  are 
deemed  to  be  sufficient ;  such  certificate  shall  be  conclusive  evi- 
dence, as  long  as  it  continues  in  force,  of  the  compliance  on  the 
part  of  the  person  to  whom  it  is  issued,  with  the  provisions  of 
this  ordinance  ;  but  such  certificates  shall  be  of  no  effect  in  case 
a  greater  number  of  persons  than  therein  specifietl  are  accommo- 
dated or  employed,  or  assembled,  lodged  or  reside  within  such 
building  or  portion  thereof,  or  in  case  such  building  is  used  for 
any  purposes  materially  different  from  those  for  which  it  was 
used  at  the  time  of  the  granting  thereof,  or  in  case  the  internal 
arrangements  of  such  building  are  materially  altered,  or  in  case 
any  ways  of  egress  or  means  of  escape  from  fire  existing  in  such 
building  at  the  time  of  such  granting  are  stopped  up,  rendered 
unavailable  or  materially  changed  ;  and  in  no  case  shall  such 
certificate  continue  in  force  for  more  than  five  years  from  its 
date.  Such  certificate  may  be  revoked  by  the  superintendent  at 
any  time  upon  written  notice  to  the  person  holding  the  same  or 
occupying  the  premises  for  which  it  was  granted,  and  shall  be  so 


CHAP.  13.]        CONSTRUCTION,  ETC.,  OF  BUILDINGS.  61 

revoked  whenever,  in  his  opinion,  any  conditions  or  circumstances 
have  so  changed  that  the  existing  ways  of  egress  and  means  of 
escape  are  no  longer  proper  and  sufficient.     A  copy  of  the  said  CoP£, of 
certificate  shall  be  kept  posted  in  a  conspicuous  place  upon  every  be  posted,  etc. 
floor  of   such   building  by  the    person  occupying   the   premises 
covered  thereby. 

SECT.   19.     Upon  an  application  bein^  made  to  the   superiii-  Superinten- 

,.„  ..  *_~  dent  shall  issue 

tendent  for  the  granting  of  a  certificate  under  sections  sixteen  acknowiedg- 

and  eighteen  of  this  ordinance,  he  shall  issue  to  the  person 
making  the  same  an  acknowledgment  that  such  certificate  has 
been  applied  for ;  and  pending  the  granting  or  refusal  of  such 
certificate,  such  acknowledgment  shall  have,  for  a  period  of 
ninety  days,  the  same  effect  as  such  certificate,  and  such  acknowl- 
edgment may  be  renewed  by  the  superintendent  with  the  same 
effect  for  a  further  period  not  exceeding  ninety  days,  and  may  be 
further  renewed  by  the  chief  of  the  district  police  force,  until 
such  time  as  such  certificate  shall  be  granted  or  refused. 

SECT.  20.     In  case  any  change  is  made  in  any  premises  for  written  notice 
which  a  certificate  has  been  issued  under  this  ordinance,  whether 
in  the  use  thereof  or  otherwise,  such  as  terminates  the  effect  of 
such  certificate,   as  above  provided   in  section  eleven,  it  shall  Premises- 
be  the  duty  of  the  person  making  the  same  to  give  written  notice 
thereof  forthwith  to  the  superintendent  and  to  the  chief  of  the 
district  police. 

SECT.  21.     In  case  any  building,  or  portion  thereof,  subject  to  Notice  to  be 
sections  nine,  sixteen,  seventeen,  eighteen,  nineteen   and  twenty  failure  to 
of   this    ordinance,   is   found    by   the    superintendent   to  fail  to  ordinance, 
conform  thereto,  or  in  case  any  change  is  made  in  such  building 
or  portion  thereof,  such  as  terminates  the  effect  of  a  certificate 
formerly  granted  therefor  as  aforesaid,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
superintendent  to  give  notice  in  writing  to  the  owner,  lessee,  or 
occupant  of  such  building,  specifying  and  describing  what  addi- 
tional ways  of  egress  or  means  of  escape  from  fire  are  necessary, 
in  the  opinion  of  the  superintendent,  in  order  to  conform  to  said 
provisions   of  this   ordinance,  and  to   secure  the   granting  of   a 
certificate  as    aforesaid.     Notice   to  any   agent  of   such  owner, 
lessee,  or  occupant  in  charge  of  the  premises  shall  be  sufficient 
notice  under  this  section  to  such  owner,  lessee,  or  occupant. 

SECT.   22.     AYlien  a  license   is   required  by  law  or  municipal  NO  license 

shall  be 
ordinance,  in  order  to  authorize  any  premises  to  be  used  tor  any   granted,  etc. 

purpose  mentioned  in  section  nine,  no  license  for  such  purpose 
shall  be  granted  until  a  certificate  for  such  building  or  portion 
thereof  shall  first  have  been  obtained  from  the  superintendent,  as 
above  provided,  and  no  such  license  hereafter  issued  shall  con- 
tinue in  force  any  longer  than  such  certificate  remains  in  force. 


62 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  13. 


Frame  or 
wooden 
buildings  to  be 
built  with  sills, 
etc. 


No  ledger 
boards  to  be 
used,  etc. 


Notice  to  be 
given  to  super- 
intendent 
when  premises 
are  ready  for 
inspection. 


License  to 
lathe  and 
plaster. 


Gas_ 

location  of  gas 

meters. 


Partition  walls 
of  brick,  etc. 


Openings  for 
stairways. 


SECT.  23.  All  frame  or  wooden  buildings  exceeding  a  height 
of  fifteen  feet  from  underpinning,  shall  be  built  with  sills,  posts, 
girts,  plates  and  rafters,  all  of  suitable  size  and  mortised,  tennoned, 
braced  and  pinned,  and  with  suitable  studs  not  less  than  two 
inches  by  four  inches  to  space  not  more  than  sixteen  inches  on 
centres,  and  if  the  building  exceeds  four  hundred  feet  in  area  the 
posts  and  girts  shall  not  be  less  than  four  inches  by  eight  inches. 
Floor  timbers  shall  not  be  less  than  two  inches  thick. 

SECT.  24.  No  ledger  boards  shall  be  used  in  place  of  girts  in 
any  building  where  the  posts  exceed  fifteen  feet  in  height ;  and 
all  openings  at  floors,  whether  caused  by  ledger-board  floor  joists 
laid  upon  girts,  or  floor  joists  projecting  above  sills,  shall  be 
stopped  by  joists  not  less  than  two  inches  thick  fitted  tightly 
between  the  studs. 

SECT.  25.  In  all  buildings  hereafter  erected  or  altered  in  whole 
or  in  part,  in  which  lathing  and  plastering  is  to  be  done,  in  which 
fire  stops  are  required  or  gas  pipes  and  meters  are  to  be  placed, 
the  owners  or  builders  thereof  shall  before  proceeding  to  lathe, 
plaster,  place  fire  stops,  gas  pipes  or  meters  therein  give  written 
notice  to  the  superintendent  that  the  premises  are  ready  for 
inspection.  Whenever  such  inspection  is  found  to  be  satisfac- 
tory to  the  superintendent,  the  latter  shall  forthwith  issue  to  the 
owners  or  builders  a  license  to  lathe  and  plaster,  and  locate  fire 
stops,  gas  pipes  and  meters  ;  and  all  such  work  shall  be  done  in 
strict  conformity  with  the  terms  of  such  license.  Gas  piping 
and  location  of  gas  meters  shall  also  be  done  in  accordance  with 
the  terms  and  conditions  named  in  section  fifty-six. 

SECT.  26.  In  every  wooden  building  in  which  two  or  more 
families  reside  on  the  same  floor  there  shall  be  a  partition  wall 
of  brick,  or  other  incombustible  material  satisfactory  to  the 
superintendent,  dividing  each  apartment ;  if  of  brick  to  be  not 
less  than  eight  inches  thick,  built  up  to  the  under  side  of  the  roof 
covering,  and  the  said  covering  laid  and  embedded  in  mortar 
upon  the  walls,  or  built  up  twelve  inches  above  the  roof  and 
covered  with  metallic  covering,  or  where  said  wall  is  not  carried 
above  the  roof  there  shall  be  placed  on  each  side  of  said  wall  a 
rafter  which  shall  be  filled  in  solidly  with  mortar  between  said 
walls  and  rafters,  provided  openings  in  party  or  partition  walls 
may  be  made  for  the  purpose  of  stairways,  in  which  case  all 
partitions  around  said  openings  shall  be  brick  nogged,  and  all 
such  partitions  shall  be  lathed  on  both  sides  with  metal  or  wire 
lathing  and  plastered,  and  all  door  openings  in  such  partitions  shall 
be  furnished  with  metal  covered  doors  satisfactory  to  the  siiperin- 
tendent.  The  soffits  of  all  such  stairways  shall  be  lathed  with 
metal  or  wire  lathing.  Party  walls  of  brick  in  buildings  more 


CHAP.  13.]         CONSTRUCTION,  ETC.,  OF  BUILDINGS.  63 

than  two  stories  high  shall  be  at  least  twelve  inches  thick  to  first 
story  floor. 

SKCT.    27.     The    exterior    walls    of    every    building   hereafter   Height  of 
erected  for  or  converted  to  use  as  a  tenement  or  lodging  house,   of  tenement, 
and  not  having  an  exposure  on  an  open  space,  street,  court  or 
passageway  more  than  twenty  feet  in  width,  shall  not  exceed 
thirty  feet  in  height. 

SECT.    28.     All  buildings  except  single  dwellings  more  than  Access  to  the 
two  stories  high  shall  have  permanent  means  of  access  to  the 
roof  from  the  inside.     The  openings  for  the  same  shall  not  be  less 
than  eighteen  by  thirty  inches. 

SECT.  29.     In  the  erection  or  alteration  of  any  building,  the  Thickness  of 
material  of  which,  in  whole  or  in  part,  is  other  than  brick,  stone  buildings 
or  wood,  the  thickness  of  walls  of  such  material  and  the  method  brick, 
of  construction  shall  be  such  as  the  superintendent  shall  approve. 

SECT.  30.     Every  wooden  building  hereafter  erected  shall  be   Wooden 
not  more  than  three   stories   in  height  from  the   grade   of  the   shall  begnot 
street   or  place   upon  which   it   is  to   be  erected,  nor  any  part   three  stories  in 
thereof  be  less  than  one  foot  six  inches  from  the  line  of  any 
adjoining  lot,  nor  if  there  is  a  building  upon  the  adjoining  lot,  be 
nearer  than  three  feet  to  such  building  without  the  intervention 
of  a  brick  wall  or  other  incombustible  material  satisfactory  to  the 
superintendent. 

SECT.  31.     No  building  hereafter  erected  or  altered  which  is  to   Building  for 
be  used  in  whole  or  in  part  for  stable  purposes  shall  be  built  purposes, 
nearer  than  five  feet  to  any  adjoining  lot  nor,  if  there  is  a  dwell- 
ing house  upon  the  adjoining  lot,  be  nearer  than  fifteen  feet  to 
such  dwelling  house l  without  the  approval  of  the  city  council, 
except  that  on  the  rear  line  of  a  lot  such  stable  may  be  within 
eighteen  inches  of  l  such  line  when  it l  does  not  intersect  the  line 
of  any  public  street. 

SECT.  32.     The  sills  of  wooden  dwelling  houses  shall  be  not  Sills,  basement 

walls,  etc.,  of 

less  than  one  foot  above  the  ground   to  the  under  side  of  the  w°°den 

dwelling 

same.  All  basement  walls  of  frame  or  wooden  buildings  shall  houses, 
be  not  less  than  eight  inches  thick,  if  of  brick,  and  sixteen  inches 
thick  if  of  stone.  AVhen  such  walls  are  eight  feet  high  or  more 
above  the  surface  of  the  ground,  they  shall  be  not  less  than  twelve 
inches  thick  if  of  brick,  and  not  less  than  eighteen  inches  thick 
if  of  stone. 

SECT.  33.     Unless  otherwise  permitted  by  the  statutes  of  this  Portico,  porch, 
commonwealth  or  ordinance  of  this  city,  no  person  shall  construct  project  into 
or  place  or  cause  to  be  constructed  or  placed  a  portico,  porch, 
door,  window,  step  or  other  projection  projecting  into  a  street 
except  that  a  special  license  may  be  granted  to  build  a  cornice 

i  Amended  Dec.  22,  1898. 


64 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  13. 


Grade  of 
cellars. 


Cellar 
bottoms  on 
made  land. 


Excavations 
to  be 
protected. 


Permanent 
excavations. 


Elevator  wells 
and  light 
shafts. 


Mortars. 


Foundation 
walls  of 
dwelling 
houses. 


Of  wooden 
houses. 


when  the  extreme  projection  does  not  exceed  twenty  inches 
beyond  street  line. 

SECT.  34.  No  cellar  or  basement  cellar  of  any  building  shall 
be  constructed  below  the  grade  of  thirteen  feet  above  mean  low 
water,  except  upon  a  special  written  license  from  the  superin- 
tendent, and  to  the  extent  only  as  specified  in  said  license.  The 
cellar  of  every  dwelling  hereafter  built  on  filled  or  made  land, 
or  where  the  grade  or  nature  of  the  ground  requires,  shall  be 
sufficiently  protected  from  water  and  damp  by  a  bed  at  least  two 
inches  thick  over  the  whole,  of  concrete,  cement  and  gravel,  tar 
and  gravel,  or  asphalt,  or  by  bricks  laid  in  cement.  The  space 
between  any  floor  and  the  cellar  bottom  shall  be  well  ventilated. 

SECT.  35.  All  excavations  shall  be  so  protected,  by  sheet 
piling,  if  necessary,  by  the  person  causing  the  same  to  be  made, 
that  the  adjoining  soil  shall  not  cave  in  by  reason  of  its  own 
weight;  or  adjoining  building  shall  not  thereby  be  endangered. 
All  permanent  excavations  within  the  fire  limits  shall  be  protected 
by  retaining  walls. 

SECT.  36.  All  elevator  wells  and  light  shafts  in  buildings 
more  than  two  stories  high,  unless  built  of  brick,  shall  be  filled 
between  studs  with  fire-proof  material  and  lined  with  metal 
or  plastered  on  metallic  lathing  as  may  be  directed  by  the 
superintendent. 

SECT.  37.  All  mortars  shall  be  made  with  such  proportion  of 
sand  as  will  ensure  a  proper  degree  of  cohesion  and  tenacity,  and 
secure  thorough  adhesion  to  the  material  with  which  they  are  to 
be  used,  and  the  superintendent  shall  condemn  all  mortars  not  so 
made.  The  following  rules  must  be  complied  with  :  Mortar  be- 
low level  of  water  shall  be  no  poorer  that  one  part  cement,  two 
parts  sand.  Mortar  for  first-class  buildings  shall,  for  one-half 
their  height,  be  no  poorer  than  one  part  cement,  two  parts  sand ; 
above,  equal  parts  of  cement  and  lime,  and  the  proper  proportion 
of  sand.  Mortar  for  second-class  buildings  as  are  below  the  level 
o£  the  sidewalk  shall  be  no  poorer  than  the  best  lime  mortar. 
Exceptions  by  the  superintendent  may  be  made  for  mortar  used 
in  setting  stone  where  cement  will  stain. 

SECT.  -38.  The  foundation  walls  of  all  dwelling  houses  to  be 
hereafter  erected  shall  be  constructed  of  the  dimensions  and  in 
the  manner  following,  viz  :  — 

For  wooden  houses  not  exceeding  three  stories  in  height,  said 
foundation  walls,  if  built  of  rubble  stone,  shall  be  not  less  than 
sixteen  inches  thick  at  the  top  and  twenty  inches  thick  at  the 
bottom,  the  slope  to  be  upon  the  outside  of  the  wall,  and  shall  be 
laid  in  mortar,  as  provided  in  section  thirty-seven,  and  if  made 
of  block  stone,  laid  in  horizontal  courses,  shall  be  laid  in  cement 


CHAP.  13.]         CONSTRUCTION,  ETC.,  OF  BUILDINGS.  65 

mortar  ;  or  if  made  of  brick,  shall  be  laid  upon  stone  levellers, 
not  less  than  twenty  inches  broad  and  twelve  inches  thick,  and 
said  brick  foundation  walls  shall  not  be  less  than  sixteen  inches 
thick,  or  twelve  inches  thick  with  buttresses  not  less  than  twelve 
inches  wide,  as  often  as  once  in  ten  feet,  which  shall  project  four 
inches  at  the  top,  and  at  the  bottom  a  sufficient  distance  to  give  a 
batter  of  one  in  ten. 

For  brick  or  stone  houses  having  walls  not  exceeding  twenty- 
five  feet  in  height  above  the  foundations,  the  foundation  walls 
shall  be  built  in  all  respects  the  same  as  described  in  the  preced-  houses* 
ing  paragraph,  except  that  they  shall  be  four  inches  thicker  than 
called  for  in  said  paragraph. 

The  foundation  walls  of  brick  or  stone  houses  having  walls 
exceeding  twenty-five  feet,  and  not  exceeding  forty-five  feet  in 
height  above  the  foundation  wall,  if  built  of  rubble  stone,  shall 
be  not  less  than  twenty-four  inches  thick  at  the  top,  and  thirty 
inches  thick  at  the  bottom,  and  shall  be  laid  in  mortar,  the  same 
as  provided  in  the  second  paragraph  of  this  section  ;  and,  if  made 
of  block  stone,  in  horizontal  courses,  or  of  brick  laid  in  cement, 
upon  stone  levellers,  not  less  than  thirty  inches  broad  and  twelve 
inches  thick,  said  foundation  walls  shall  not  be  less  than  twenty 
feet  thick. 

The  foundation  walls  of  all  brick  or  stone  houses  having 
exterior  walls  exceeding  forty-five  feet  in  height  above  said 
foundation  walls,  if  made  of  rubble  stone,  shall  be  not  less  than 
thirty  inches  thick  at  the  top,  and  thirty-six  inches  thick  at  the 
bottom,  and  shall  be  laid  in  mortar,  the  same  as  provided  in  the 
second  paragraph  of  this  section  ;  and,  if  made  of  block  stone, 
laid  in  horizontal  courses,  shall  be  laid  in  cement  mortar  ;  or,  if 
made  of  brick,  laid  upon  stone  levellers,  not  less  than  thirty-six 
inches  broad  and  sixteen  inches  thick,  said  foundation  walls  shall 
be  not  less  than  twenty-four  inches  thick. 

Every  building  shall  have  a  foundation,  the  bearing  of  which 
shall  be  not  less  than  four  feet  below  any  adjoining  surface 
exposed  to  frost,  and  such  foundation,  with  the  superstructure 
which  it  supports,  shall  not  overload  the  material  on  which  it 
rests.  Xo  round  or  boulder  stone  shall  be  used  in  the  construc- 
tion of  any  foundation  walls. 

SECT.  39.     Foundation  walls    of    all  wooden   buildings    other  Foundation 
than  dwelling  houses,  hereafter  erected  with  external  walls  not  wooden 
exceeding  twenty-five  feet  in  height  above  the  foundation  walls, 


if  made  of  common  stone  shall  be  of  same  thickness  as  required    * 
in  dwelling  houses  in  section  thirty-eight,  and  foundation  walls 
of   all  wooden  buildings   other  than  dwelling  houses  hereafter 
erected  with    external   walls   not    exceeding   thirty  -five  feet    in 


66 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  13. 


Foundation 
of  brick  and 
permanent 
buildings. 


Piling. 


Capping. 


height  above  the  foundation  walls,  if  made  of  common  stone, 
shall  be  not  less  than  twenty  inches  thick  at  the  top,  and  thirty 
inches  thick  at  the  bottom,  the  slope  to  be  upon  the  outside  of 
the  wall,  and  shall  be  laid  in  mortar,  the  same  as  hereinbefore 
provided  for  the  foundations  of  dwelling  houses ;  and  if  laid  of 
block  stone,  in  horizontal  courses,  or  of  brick,  laid  in  cement, 
upon  stone  levellers,  not  less  than  thirty  inches  broad  and  twelve 
inches  thick,  they  shall  be  not  less  than  twenty-four  inches  thick. 
The  foundation  walls  of  all  brick  buildings  of  the  height  and 
description  mentioned  in  this  section  shall  be  four  inches  thicker 
than  above  stated. 

SECT.  40.  The  foundation  of  every  brick  building  and  of  all 
permanent  buildings  must  rest  on  solid  ground  or  levelled  sur- 
faces of  solid  rock,  brick,  or  upon  piles,  concrete  or  other  solid 
substructure.  The  foundation  walls  of  all  wooden  buildings, 
other  than  dwelling  houses,  hereafter  erected  with  external  walls 
exceeding  thirty -five  feet  in  height  above  the  foundation  walls,  if 
made  of  common  stone,  shall  be  not  less  than  twenty-four  inches 
thick  at  the  top,  and  thirty  inches  thick  at  the  bottom,  the  slope 
to  be  upon  the  outside  of  the  wall,  and  shall  be  laid  in  mortar, 
the  same  as  hereinbefore  provided  for  the  foundation  walls  of 
dwelling  houses ;  and,  if  made  of  block  stone,  laid  in  horizontal 
courses,  they  shall  be  not  less  than  twenty-eight  inches  thick. 
The  foundation  walls  of,  all  brick  buildings  of  the  height  and 
description  mentioned  in  this  section  shall  be  four  inches  thicker 
than  above  stated.  All  foundation  walls  shall  be  laid  at  least 
four  inches  below  the  bottom  of  the  cellar. 

SECT.  41.  Whenever  piles  are  required  to  be  driven  for  a 
foundation,  except  as  provided  in  the  next  section,  they  shall  be 
of  suitable  stock,  driven  to  a  firm  and  solid  bearing,  and  the  tops 
shall  be  cut  off  on  a  level  to  insure  constant  immersion.  There 
shall  be  not  less  than  two  rows  under  all  external  and  party 
walls,  and  they  shall  be  spaced  not  over  three  feet  on  centres  in 
the  direction  of  the  length  of  the  wall,  and  the  number,  diameter 
and  bearing  of  such  piles  shall  be  sumcient  to  support  the  super- 
structures proposed. 

Buildings  over  seventy  feet  in  height  shall  rest  where  the 
nature  of  the  ground  permits,  upon  at  least  three  rows  of  piles  or 
an  equivalent  number  of  piles  arranged  to  less  than  three  rows. 
The  superintendent  shall  determine  the  grade  at  which  the  piles 
shall  be  cut. 

All  piles,  except  as  provided  in  the  next  section,  shall  be 
capped  with  block  granite  levellers  not  less  than  sixteen  inches 
thick,  each  stone  to  have  a  firm  bearing  on  at  least  one  pile  in 
each  row.  The  superintendent  may  require  any  applicant  for  a 


CHAP.  13.]         CONSTRUCTION,  ETC.,  OF  BUILDINGS.  67 

license  to  ascertain  by  boring  the  nature  of  the  ground  on  which 
he  proposes  to  build. 

SECT.  42.     Wooden  structures  for  dwellings,  not  exceeding  two  Foundations  of 
stories  in  height,  may  be  built  on  stone  or  brick  foundations,  on  ovTrtwo 8 L 
piers  or  posts,  each  set  on  a  hard  bottom,  but  to  a  depth  of  not  s 
less  than  four  feet  below  the  surface  of  the  ground,  or  on  piles 
well  driven  to  a  hard  bottom ;  said  piers,  posts  and  piles  to  be 
spaced    not   more    than   eight   feet  on  centres,  or  on  mud  sills 
resting  on  cross-pieces  of  plank  three  inches  or  more  in  thickness, 
not  less  than  four  feet   long  and   ten  inches  wide,  placed    at 
intervals  of  not  more  than  three  feet  on  centres ;    and  wooden 
structures  for  manufacturing  or  business  purposes,  not  exceeding 
three    stories    in   height,    may    be    built    on   foundations    before          • 
described,  upon  a  special  license  being  first  obtained  from  the  special  license, 
superintendent. 

SECT.  43.     In  every  brick  wall  in  buildings  hereafter  erected,   Heading 

courses 

every  ninth  course  of  brick  shall  be  a  heading  course,  except  in 
walls  built  with  some  other  bond  in  which  as  much  as  every 
ninth  course  is  a  heading  course,  and  except  where  walls  are 
faced  with  face  brick,  in  which  case  every  ninth  course  shall  be 
bonded  with  Flemish  headers,  or  by  cutting  the  course  of  the 
face  brick,  and  putting  in  diagonal  headers  behind  the  same,  or 
by  splitting  face  brick  in  half  and  backing  the  same  by  a  con- 
tinuous row  of  headers.  The  front,  rear,  side,  end  and  party  Anchors  for 
walls  of  all  brick  buildings  hereafter  erected  shall  be  anchored  walls> 
to  each  other  every  ten  feet  in  their  height  by  tie  anchors, 
made  of  at  least  one  and  a  quarter  inch  by  three-eighths  inch 
wrought  iron. 

All  wralls  of  a  brick  building  on  which  the  ends  of  beams  rest  straps  for 
shall  be  anchored  at  each  tier  of  beams,  at  intervals  of  not  more 
than  ten  feet  apart,  with  good  strong,  wrought  iron  anchors,  at 
least  three-eighths  inch  by  one  and  one-quarter  inch,  well  built 
into  the  walls  and  fastened  at  the  top  of  the  beams ;  and,  where 
the  beams  are  supported  by  girders,  the  ends  of  the  beams  resting 
011  the  girders  shall  be  butted  together,  end  to  end,  and  strapped 
by  wrought  iron  straps  or  tie-irons,  at  the  same  distance  apart, 
and  in  the  same  beams  as  the  wall  anchors,  and  shall  be  well 
fastened. 

SK<  T.  44.     All  brickwork  shall  be  of  merchantable,  well-shaped  Brickwork, 
bricks,  well  laid  and  bedded,  with  well  filled  joints,  in  mortar,  as 
required  by  section  thirty-seven,  and  well  flushed  up  at  every 
course  with  mortar.     Bricks  when  laid  shall  be  wet  or  dry,  as 
the  superintendent  may  direct. 

SKCT.  4r>.     All  piers  shall  be  built  of  good  quality  merchantable,   piers. 
well-burnt  hard  brick,  laid  in  cement  and  sand  mortar,  and  well 


68 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  13. 


Party  and 
bearing 
partition  walls. 

External  and 
party  walls  of 
buildings. 


External  and 
party  walls  of 
buildings  other 
than  dwellings. 


wet  when  laid  in  warm  weather.  Brick  piers  under  lintels, 
girders  or  columns  of  brick  buildings  shall  have  an  iron  cap  at 
least  two  inches  thick,  the  full  size  of  the  pier.  Brick  piers  and 
buttresses  shall  be  bonded,  every  seventh  course  with  through 
courses,  levelled  and  bedded,  each  course,  and,  where  their 
foundations  rest  upon  piles,  a  sufficient  number  of  piles  shall  be 
driven  to  insure  a  proper  support.  Piles  and  walls  shall  have 
caps  or  plates,  when  needed,  sufficient  to  distribute  the  load 
properly.  Said  piers  shall  not  be  more  than  eight  times  higher 
than  the  width  of  their  base,  unless  otherwise  permitted  by  the 
superintendent. 

SECT.  46.  In  first-class  buildings  all  party  and  bearing  parti- 
tion walls  above  the  foundation  shall  be  of  brick  or  its  equivalent. 

SECT.  47.  The  external  and  party  walls  of  all  dwellings  of 
the  first  and  second-class  shall  be  as  follows  :  Twenty  feet  wide 
by  forty  feet  deep,  twelve  feet  high,  shall  not  be  less  than  eight 
inches  thick ;  twelve  feet  to  sixty  feet  high,  twelve  inches ; 
sixty  feet  to  seventy  feet  high,  sixteen  inches  to  second  floor, 
twelve  inches  above  ;  seventy  feet  to  eighty  feet  high,  twenty 
inches  to  second  floor,  sixteen  inches  to  upper  floor,  and  twelve 
inches  above ;  all  walls  of  dwellings  over  eighty  feet  in  height 
shall  have  fpr  the  upper  eighty  feet,  the  thickness  required  for 
building  between  seventy  and  eighty  feet  in  height,  and  every 
section  of  twenty -five  feet  thereof  below  such  upper  eighty  feet 
shall  have  a  thickness  of  four  inches  more  than  is  required  for 
the  section  next  above  it. 

1  SECT.  48.  The  external  and  party  walls  of  all  buildings  of 
the  first  and  second  class  other  than  dwellings  shall  be  as 
follows  :  Above  the  foundations  of  every  such  building,  twenty- 
five  feet  or  less  in  height,  such  walls  shall  be  not  less  than 
twelve  inches  thick.  Between  twenty -five  and  forty  feet  in 
height  such  walls  shall  be  sixteen  inches  thick  to  the  top  of  the 
second  floor,  and  twelve  inches  for  the  remaining  height.  Such 
walls  of  such  buildings  of  forty  feet  or  over,  but  not  over  sixty 
feet  in  height,  twenty  inches  to  the  top  of  second  floor ;  sixteen 
inches  to  the  top  of  the  upper  floor  and  twelve  inches  for  the 
remaining  height.  Such  walls  of  such  buildings  of  sixty  feet  or 
over,  but  not  over  eighty  feet  high,  twenty-four  inches  to  the  top 
of  the  first  floor,  twenty  inches  to  the  top  of  the  upper  floor,  and 
to  within  fifteen  feet  of  the  roof  and  sixteen  inches  above.  Such 
walls  of  such  buildings  of  eighty  feet  or  more  in  height  shall 
have  for  the  upper  eighty  feet  the  thickness  required  for  build- 
ings between  seventy  feet  and  eighty  feet  in  height  and  every 
section  of  twenty-five  feet  or  part  thereof  below  such  eighty  feet 
i  Amended  Oct.  20,  1897. 


CHAP.  13.]         CONSTRUCTION,  ETC.,  OF  -BUILDINGS.  69 

shall  have  a  thickness  of  four  inches  more  than  is  required  for 
the  section  next  above  it. 

SK<  T.  49.     External  walls  may,  with  the  consent  of  the  super-  External  wails 
intendent,  be  built  in  part  of  iron  or  steel,  and  when  so  built  may   Slnrnw*11* 
be  of  less  thickness  than  is  above  required  for  external  walls,   8tee1' 
provided  such  walls  meet  the  requirements  of  this  ordinance  as 
to  strength,  and  provided  that  all  constructional  parts  are  wholly 
protected  from  heat  by  brick  or  terra  cotta,  or  by  plastering  three- 
quarters  of  an  inch  thick,  with  iron  furring  and  wiring. 

SKCT.  50.  All  buildings  hereafter  erected,  except  buildings  of  Brick 
the  first  class  l  buildings,  the  external  frame  work  and  walls  of 
which  consist  of  incombustible  materials  satisfactory  to  the 
superintendent,  buildings  of  one  story  in  height  not  exceeding 
twenty  feet  to  the  apex  of  the  roof  thereof,  and  buildings  in 
whole  or  in  part  two  stories  in  height  not  exceeding  twenty  feet 
to  the  apex  of  the  roof  of  the  one-story  portion,  and  thirty  feet  to 
the  apex  of  the  roof  of  the  two-story  portion,  exclusive  of  such 
cupolas  or  towers  as  may  be  approved  by  the  superintendent,  shall 
be  so  divided  by  brick  partition  walls,  of  the  thickness  prescribed 
for  bearing  partition  walls  and  carried  thirty  inches  above 
thereof,  that  no  space  inside  any  such  building  shall  exceed  in 
area  five  thousand  square  feet,  except  upon  the  recommendation 
of  the  superintendent  of  public  buildings,  and  the  approval  of  the 
city  council,  and  in  110  case  to  exceed  seven  thousand  square  feet ; 
and  no  existing  wall  in  any  building,  except  a  building  of  the 
first  class,  shall  be  removed  so  as  to  leave  an  area  not  so  enclosed 
of  more  than  five  thousand  square  feet,  except  upon  the  recom- 
mendation of  the  superintendent  and  the  approval  of  the  city 
council,  and  in  no  case  to  exceed  seven  thousand  square  feet ; 
provided,  that  in  buildings  having  a  height  of  not  over  thirty-five 
feet,  the  height  above  the  roof  of  the  said  brick  partition  walls 
need  not  exceed  twelve  inches.  Openings  or  doorways  in  parti-  Openings  or 

doorways  in 

tion  walls  referred  to  in  this  section  shall  not  exceed  two  in  partition  wails, 
number  for  each  floor,  and  the  combined  area  of  such  openings 
on  each  floor  shall  not  exceed '  one  hundred  square  feet.  Each 
opening  must  be  provided  with  two  sets  of  metal-covered  doors, 
separated  by  the  thickness  of  the  walls,  hung  to  rabbeted  iron 
frames,  or  to  iron  hinges  in  brick  or  iron  rabbets ;  provided,  this 
section  shall  not  apply  to  churches,  stables,  depots  or  school- 
houses  ;  and,  provided,  also,  that  no  part  of  any  such  one-story 
or  two-story  building  shall  be  placed  or  maintained  within  fifteen 
feet  of  any  other  building  or  within  fifteen  feet  of  the  line  or 
lines  of  the  adjoining  lot  or  lots ;  that  the  exterior  walls  of  every 
such  one-story  or  two-story  building  in  whole  or  in  part,  except 

i  A  mended  Oct.  12,  1898. 


70 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  13. 


Vaulted  walls. 


Anchors  for 
walls. 


Party  and 
partition  walls. 


External  and 
party  walls. 


brick  and  stone  buildings,  shall  be  covered  with  corrugated  iron 
or  slate ;  the  roof  shall  be  covered  with  tar  and  gravel,  corru- 
gated iron  or  slate,  or  any  other  incombustible  material  satis- 
factory to  the  superintendent ;  and  all  window  openings  thereof 
shall  be  supplied  with  tinned  or  iron  shutters ;  that  no  space 
inside  any  such  two-story  portion  of  any  such  building  shall 
exceed  in  area  five  thousand  square  feet,  except  upon  the  recom- 
mendation of  the  superintendent  and  the  approval  of  the  city 
council,  and  in  no  case  to  exceed  seven  thousand  square  feet ;  that 
every  such  area  shall  be  separated  from  the  one-story  portion  of 
such  building  by  a  brick  partition  of  the  thickness  prescribed  for 
bearing  partition  walls,  and  carried  to  the  roof  of  the  two-story 
portion  of  such  building ;  that  openings  or  doorways  between  the 
two-story  and  one-story  portions  of  such  buildings  shall  not 
exceed  two  in  number  for  each  floor,  and  the  combined  area  of 
such  openings  on  each  floor  shall  not  exceed  four  hundred  and 
fifty  square  feet,  each  opening  or  doorway  to  be  furnished  with 
two  sets  of  metal-covered  doors  set  and  hung  as  hereinbefore 
specified;  and,  provided,  also,  that  the  total  area  of  any  such 
one-story  building  shall  not  exceed  twenty-five  thousand  square 
feet,  except  upon  the  recommendation  of  the  superintendent  and 
the  approval  of  the  city  council. 

SECT.  51.  Vaulted  walls  shall  contain,  exclusive  of  withes, 
the  same  amount  of  material  as  is  required  for  solid  walls,  and 
the  walls  on  either  side  of  the  air  space  in  a  wall  carrying  a  floor 
shall  be  not  less  than  eight  inches  thick  and  shall  be  securely 
tied  together  with  ties  not  more  than  two  feet  apart. 

SECT.  52.  All  walls  of  a  first  or  second-class  building  meeting 
at  an  angle  shall  be  united  every  ten  feet  of  their  height  by 
anchors  made  of  at  least  two  inches  by  half  an  inch  wrought  iron 
securely  built  into  the  side  or  partition  walls  not  less  than  thirty- 
six  inches,  and  into  the  front  and  rear  walls  at  least  one-half  the 
thickness  of  such  walls. 

SECT.  53.  Party  walls  and  partition  walls  of  brick  in  all 
buildings  other  than  dwelling  houses  hereafter  erected  in  this 
city  with  external  walls  not  exceeding  thirty  feet  in  height  shall 
be  not  less  than  twelve  inches  thick  ;  and  in  buildings  having 
external  walls  exceeding  fifty  feet  in  height  said  walls  shall  be 
not  less  than  twenty  inches  thick  to  the  top  of  the  second  floor, 
nor  less  than  sixteen  inches  thick  to  the  top  of  the  third 
floor,  and  not  less  than  twelve  inches  thick  for  the  remaining 
height.  Partitions  supporting  floors  shall  rest  upon  girders, 
trusses,  walls,  or  partition  caps. 

SECT.  54.  In  all  brick  buildings  other  than  dwellings  thirty 
feet  in  width,  not  having  either  brick  partition  walls  or  girders 


CHAP.  13.]         CONSTRUCTION,  ETC.,  OF  BUILDINGS.  71 

supported  by  columns  and  running  from  front  to  rear,  and  the 
entire  height  of  the  building,  the  external  and  party  walls  shall 
be  increased  four  inches  in  thickness  for  every  additional  twenty- 
five  feet  or  fractional  part  thereof  in  the  width  of  said  building. 

SKCT.  55.     All  roof  or  floor  timbers  entering  the  same  party   Roof  or  floor 
wall  from  opposite  sides  shall  have  at  least  four  inches  solid 
brickwork  between  the  ends  of  said  timbers. 

SECT.  56.     All  gas  piping  shall  be  done  in  accordance  with  the   Gas  piping, 
following  scale : 

Size  of  Tubing.  Greatest  Length  Allowed.  Greatest  No.  of  Burners. 

|  in.  20  ft.  3  burners, 

i  30  6 

I  50  20 

1  70  35 
1J  100  60 
\\  150  100 

2  200  200 

No  greater  length  of  pipe  of  each  size  shall  be  allowed  than 
that  specified  in  the  scale ;  and  no  more  burners  shall  be  taken 
from  any  size  than  the  number  above  stated,  even  if  the  length 
of  pipe  is  diminished. 

Xo  deviation  from  the  above  shall  be  allowed  except  in  certain 
cases  (as  for  instance,  stables  or  cellars  where  a  small  number  of 
burners  are  to  be  used  in  a  large  space),  upon  the  written 
approval  of  the  superintendent. 

Xo  work  shall  be  approved  in  which 'copper  pipe  is  used. 

Xo  cement  shall  be  allowed  in  any  joints  or  upon  any  fittings. 

Xo  black  varnished  pipe  shall  be  allowed. 

AVhere  the  construction  of  the  building  will  permit,  all  piping 
running  under  the  flooring  of  the  building  shall  be  laid  on  top  of 
the  floor  timbers. 

In  all  cases  the  rising  pipe  shall  be  left  projecting  below  the 
floor  timber  at  least  three  inches,  and  with  threaded  end. 

In  all  cases  the  location  of  meters  shall  be  determined  by  the 
superintendent  and  shall  be  as  near  as  possible  to  the  end  of 
service  pipe  as  it  enters  from  the  street. 

SECT.  57.     The  ends  of  all  wooden  floor  or  roof  beams  in  first  Wooden  floor 

or  roof  beam ;. 

and  second-class  buildings  shall  enter  the  wall  to  a  depth  of  at 
least  four  inches,  unless  the  wall  is  properly  corbelled  so  as  to 
give  a  bearing  of  at  least  four  inches,  and  the  ends  of  all  such 
beams  shall  be  so  shaped  or  arranged  that  in  case  of  fire  they 
may  fall  without  injury  to  the  wall. 

SECT.  58.     The  ends  of  all  floor  beams  and  rafters  of  a  brick  splayed  floor 
building  entering  a  wall  shall  be  cut  on  a  splay  of  three  inches 
in  their  width. 


72 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  13. 


Timbers  not  to 
be  cut  without 
license. 


Construction 
of  floors. 


Floor-bearing 
supports. 


Weight- 
bearing 
capacity  of 
floors. 


Certificate 
weight- 
bearing 
capacity  of 
floors. 


Headers  and 
tail  beams. 


License  to  cut 
openings  and 
doorways  in 
partition  walls. 


SECT.  59.  No  floor  timber,  header  or  trimmer  of  a  brick 
building  shall  be  cut  into  more  than  two  inches  in  depth  for 
piping  without  a  license  from  the  superintendent,  and  no  cutting 
shall  be  made  in  any  timber  at  a  greater  distance  than  three  feet 
from  its  support. 

SECT.  60.  Each  floor  in  first  or  second-class  buildings  shall 
have  its  beams  so  tied  to  the  walls  and  to  each  other  with 
wrought  iron  straps  or  anchors  at  least  three-eighths  of  an  inch 
thick  by  one  and  one-half  inches  wide,  as  to  form  continuous  ties 
across  the  building,  not  more  than  ten  feet  apart.  Walls  running 
parallel  or  nearly  parallel  with  floor  beams  shall  be  properly  tied 
once  in  ten  feet  to  the  floor  beams  by  iron  straps  or  anchors  of 
the  size  above  specified. 

SECT.  61.  First  and  second-class  buildings  hereafter  built 
shall  have  floor-bearing  supports  not  over  thirty  feet  apart. 
These  supports  may  be  brick  walls,  trusses  or  columns  and 
girders.  Such  brick  walls  may  be  four  inches  less  in  thickness 
than  is  required  by  this  ordinance  for  external  and  party  walls  of 
the  same  height,  provided  they  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance  as  to  the  strength  of  materials,  but  in  no  case  less  than 
twelve  inches  thick.  When  trusses  are  used,  the  walls  upon 
which  they  rest  shall  be  at  least  four  inches  thicker  than  is 
otherwise  required  by  sections  forty-eight  and  forty-nine,  and  for 
every  addition  of  twenty-five  feet  or  part  thereof  to  the  length  of 
the  truss  over  thirty  feet. 

SECT.  62.  All  floors  shall  be  constructed  to  bear  a  safe  weight, 
per  superficial  foot,  exclusive  of  materials,  as  follows  :  For  dwell- 
ings, tenements  or  lodging  houses,  seventy -five  pounds ;  for  stores 
and  office  buildings  for  light  mechanical  purposes  and  for  public 
buildings,  one  hundred  and  fifty  pounds ;  for  storehouses,  ware- 
houses, machine  shops,  armories,  drill  rooms  and  riding  schools, 
not  less  than  two  hundred  and  fifty  pounds.  The  requirements 
shall  apply  to  all  buildings  altered  as  well  as  to  new  buildings. 

SECT.  63.  In  every  building  hereafter  built  or  altered,  there 
shall  be  posted  and  maintained  in  every  room  used  for  mechanical 
or  mercantile  purposes,  the  superintendent's  certificate  of  the 
weight-bearing  capacity  of  the  floor.  No  part  of  any  floor  of 
such  room  shall  be  loaded  beyond  its  capacity  as  certified. 

SECT.  64.  Every  header  more  than  four  feet  long  used  in  any 
building,  except  a  dwelling,  shall  be  hung  in  stirrup  irons  of 
suitable  dimensions  for  the  size  of  the  timbers  and  securely 
joint-bolted.  All  tail  beams  shall  be  properly  framed  or  hung 
to  headers. 

SECT.  65.  No  opening  or  doorway  shall  be  cut  through  or 
formed  in  a  party  or  partition  wall  of  any  building  without  a 


CHAP.  13.]         CONSTRUCTION,  ETC.,  OF  BUILDINGS.  73 

license  from  the  superintendent  of  public  buildings,  and  every 
such  doorway  shall  have  a  top,  bottom  and  sides  of  stone,  brick 
or  iron,  and  shall  be  closed  by  two  doors,  or  sets  of  doors,  of 
wrought  iron,  or  of  wood,  covered  with  metal,  with  an  air  space 
between  them  of  at  least  four  inches,  and  said  doors  shall  be 
hung  in  rabbeted  iron  frames,  or  in  wooden  frames,  entirely 
covered  with  metal,  or  to  iron  hinges,  in  brick  or  stone  rabbets, 
except  as  otherwise  permitted  by  section  twenty-six. 

SKCT.   (}(J.      When    openings  or    recesses,  or  both,  occur  in  an   openings  or 
external  wall,  or  when  buttresses  are  used,  the  piers  shall  be  of   external  wails, 
sufficient  strength  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance 
prescribing  strength  of  materials,  and  not  less  in  thickness  than 
is  above  specified,  and  no  other  portion  of  the  wall  shall  be  less 
than  twelve  inches    thick    in    buildings    under    seventy    feet    in 
height,  or  less  than  sixteen  inches  thick    in   buildings    seventy 
feet  or  over  in  height. 

SECT.  67.     Xo  recess,  chase  or  flue  shall  be  made  in  any  party  Recess,  chase 
wall  so  deep  that  it  will  leave  the  thickness  at  the  back  less  than  partyewaiis. 
eight  inches  at  any  point,  and  no  recess,  chase  or  flue  not  verti- 
cal shall  be  made  without  the  special  permit  of   the  superin- 
tendent.    Xo  vertical  recess  other  than  flues,  in  stacks,  shall  be 
nearer  than  seven  feet  to  any  other   recess,  unless   by    special 
permit  of  the  superintendent. 

SKCT.  68.  Every  metal  column  in  a  brick  biiilding  shall  rest  Columns, 
on  an  iron  plate  of  not  less  thickness  than  two  inches.  Wooden 
columns  supporting  girders  and  floors  in  such  buildings  shall 
rest  on  one  and  one-half  inch  iron  plates,  with  sockets  to  receive 
the  foot  of  the  columns.  Metal  columns,  placed  one  on  top  of 
another,  shall  have  a  plate  at  the  top  of  each  column,  with  pro- 
jections on  both  sides  to  fit  into  cap  and  base  of  columns,  to 
prevent  slipping ;  and  all  columns  shall  have  holes  bored,  where 
directed  by  the  superintendent,  into  and  through  the  shell  at 
right  angles  to  the  shalft,  so  as  to  show  the  thickness  of  shell. 
All  bearing  parts  of  columns  and  plates  shall  be  turned  or 
planed  to  true  surfaces. 

SECT.  09.     Where  a  wall  is  finished  with  a  stone  cornice,  the   stone  cornice, 
greatest  weight  of  material  of  such  cornice  shall  be  on  the  inside 
of  the  face  of  the  wall. 

SECT.  70.  All  buildings  hereafter  erected  within  eight  feet  conductors  of 
of  any  street  or  travelled  way,  shall  be  provided  with  suitable 
leaders  for  conducting  the  water  from  the  roof  to  the  ground, 
and,  in  no  case  shall  such  water  be  allowed  to  flow  upon  or 
across  the  surface  of  the  sidewalk  to  the  street,  gutter,  or  sewer, 
and  no  person  shall  permit  a  leader  or  conductor  from  the  roof 
of  a  building  owned  by  him  to  be  so  placed  or  maintained  as  to 
direct  a  volume  of  water  upon  or  across  the  surface  of  a  sidewalk. 


74 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  13. 


Leaders. 


Construction 
of  roofs. 


Roof 
coverings. 


Structure,  etc 
on  roof. 


Weight- 
bearing 
metals. 


Upright 
supports. 


Chimneys. 


SECT.  71.  All  buildings  over  forty-five  feet  high  shall  have 
suitable  water-tight  metallic  leaders,  and  all  buildings  shall 
have  leaders  sufficient  to  carry  all  the  water  -to  the  street, 
gutter  or  sewer,  in  such  a  manner  as  not  to  overflow  upon  the 
sidewalk  or  to  cause  dampness  on  any  wall,  yard  or  area. 

SECT.  72.  No  part  of  the  roof  of  any  first  or  second-class 
building  hereafter  built  over  sixty  feet  high,  to  be  used  for 
mercantile,  manufacturing  or  storage  purposes,  or  as  a  theatre, 
hotel,  apartment  house  or  office  building,  shall  have  a  pitch  of 
over  twenty  degrees.  All  new  or  renewed  roofs  shall  be  so  con- 
structed as  to  bear  safely,  in  addition  to  the  weight  of  the 
material,  twenty -five  pounds  per  superficial  foot  of  area,  covered 
with  proper  additional  allowance  for  a  horizontal  wind  pressure 
of  thirty  pounds  per  square  foot.  All  thin  glass  skylights  upon 
roofs  shall  be  covered  by  a  wire  netting,  when,  in  the  opinion  of 
the  superintendent,  such  protection  is  needed. 

SECT.  78.  The  roof  of  every  second-class  building  hereafter 
built  within  the  fire  limits  shall  be  covered  with  tin,  iron,  slate, 
gravel,  composition  or  like  substantial  roofing  material  not 
readily  inflammable. 

No  structure  or  stand  for  observation  purposes  shall  be  con- 
structed or  occupied  upon  the  roof  of  any  building  within 
the  city. 

SECT.  74.  All  weight-bearing  metal  in  first  and  second-class 
buildings  hereafter  built  shall  be  protected  by  brick,  terra  cotta 
or  plastering  on  metal  laths  and  furring,  or  other  incombustible 
material  approved  by  the  superintendent. 

SECT.  75.  Upright  supports  in  first-class  buildings  hereafter 
erected  or  altered,  of  other  material  than  brick  below  the  first 
floor,  shall  be  protected  by  a  jacket  of  brick  or  terra  cotta,  at 
least  four  inches  thick,  or  by  a  coatmg  of  plaster  one  inch 
thick,  on  wire  or  metal  lathing,  or  other  substantial  fire-proof 
material. 

SECT.  76.  All  chimneys  hereafter  erected  shall  be  built  from 
the  ground,  of  hard-burnt  brick,  stone  or  other  fire-proof,  non- 
conducting materials,  and  shall  be  built  plumb,  or  nearly  so,  so 
as  to  be  self-sustaining ;  provided,  however,  that  brick  flues  may 
be  securely  built  into  the  brickwork  of  the  walls  of  the  build- 
ing to  which  they  are  hung,  when  the  walls  are  not  less  than 
twelve  inches  thick ;  and  provided,  also,  that  upon  special  per- 
mission first  obtained  from  the  city  council,  chimneys  may  be 
built  upon  cast  iron  or  hard  pine  columns  set  upon  iron  plates 
at  least  one  and  one-half  inches  thick,  with  sockets  and  capped 
at  their  upper  ends  with  a  metal  plate  at  least  two  inches  thick, 
and  not  more  than  two  inches  shorter  upon  either  side  than  the 


CHAP.  13.]         CONSTRUCTION,  ETC.,  OF  BUILDINGS.  75 

corresponding  sides  of  the  chimney ;  or,  upon  permission  being 
obtained  as  above,  chimneys  may  be  built  upon  a  flooring  of 
masonry  supported  by  iron  beams  which  have  secure  bearings 
on  masonry  or  iron  at  each  end,  the  same  to  be  constructed  in 
all  respects  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  superintendent ;  and  pro- 
vided, also,  that  the  matter  of  the  construction  of  chimneys  in 
small  wooden  buildings,  other  than  dwelling  houses,  not  more 
than  one  story  and  a  half  in  height,  shall  be  left  to  the  decision 
of  the  superintendent ;  but  such  chimneys  must  be  constructed 
in  accordance  with  his  instructions  and  to  his  satisfaction. 

SECT.  77.     Every  chimney  flue  in  which  soft  coal  or  wood  is   chimney 
burned  shall  be  carried  to  a  height  sufficient  to  protect  neighbor- 
ing buildings  from  fire  and  smoke. 

SECT.  78.  All  brick  chimney  flues  shall  be  smoothly  plastered 
inside  with  mortar  from  top  to  bottom  during  the  course  of  con- 
struction, and  also  outside  below  the  roofing,  after  having  been 
examined  and  approved  by  the  superintendent;  except  that 
exposed  portions  of  said  chimneys  when  the  walls  of  the  flues 
are  eight  inches  thick  may  be  left  uiiplastered  upon  the  outside. 
All  chimneys  shall  be  topped  out  at  least  four  feet  above  the 
highest  point  of  contact  with  the  roof  with  brick  or  stones  laid 
in  cement,  and  the  topping  out  shall  not  have  more  than  a  two- 
inch  projection,  unless  the  bricks  are  covered  by  a  cap  of  stone 
or  other  non-combustible  material  in  one  piece,  properly  secured 
and  approved  by  the  superintendent ;  and  in  no  case  shall  a  nail 
be  driven  into  the  masonry  of  any  flue. 

SECT.  79.     The  shell  of  all  flues  for  boilers,  ovens  and  ranges   shells  for 
set  in  brick  shall  hereafter  be  of  brickwork  eight  inches  thick,   etc.6™'   U6S> 
or  its  equivalent,  to  the  top  of  the  first  floor  above  said  boilers, 
ovens  or  ranges.     Ranges  set  in  brick  and  boilers  shall  have  the 
outside  of  their  flues  exposed  without  covering,  except  by  plaster- 
ing directly  upon  the  bricks  up  to  the  ceiling  of  the  room,  and 
no  woodwork  shall  be  placed  on  the  outside  of  the  same. 

SECT.  80.  No  woodwork  of  any  kind,  except  the  roof  cover-  NO  woodwork 
ing,  shall  be  placed  at  a  less  distance  than  one  inch  from  the  or  sfeampipe?6 
outside  of  the  brickwork  of  any  flue.  No  woodwork  shall  be 
placed  at  a  less  distance  than  one  inch  from  any  tin  or  other 
metal  flue  or  pipe  used  or  intended  to  be  used  to  convey  heated 
air,  hot  water  or  steam  in  any  building,  unless  such  flue  or  pipe 
be  cased  with  a  metal  sleeve  of  one  inch  larger  diameter  than 
said  flue  or  pipe,  so  as  to  permit  a  free  circulation  of  air  all 
around  the  same.  No  part  of  any  floor  timber  shall  be  within 
less  than  two  inches  of  any  chimney.  No  studding  or  furring 
shall  be  within  less  than  one  inch  of  any  chimney. 

SECT.  81.     No  smoke  pipe  shall  project  through  any  external   Smoke  pipes. 


76  REVISED  ORDINANCES.  [CHAP.  13. 

wall  or  window.  No  smoke  pipe  shall  pass  through  any  wooden 
partition  without  a  soapstone  ring  of  the  thickness  of  the  parti- 
tion and  extending  four  inches  from  the  pipe,  or  a  double  metal 
collar  of  the  thickness  of  the  partition,  with  a  ventilated  air  space 
of  not  less  than  four  inches  around  the  pipe:  nor  shall  be  placed 
within  eight  inches  of  any  wood  unless  such  wood  is  plastered 
and  protected  by  a  metal  shield  two  inches  distant  from  the 
wood,  in  which  case  the  smoke  pipe  shall  not  be  less  than  six 
inches  from  the  wood.  The  tops  of  all  heating  furnaces  set  in 
brick  shall  be  covered  with  brick,  supported  by  iron  bars,  and 
so  constructed  as  to  be  perfectly  tight ;  said  covering  to  be  in 
addition  to  and  not  less  than  six  inches  from  the  ordinary  cover- 
ing of  the  hot  air  chamber.  All  hot  air  register  boxes  hereafter 
placed  in  the  floors  or  partitions  of  buildings  shall  be  set  in  soap- 
stone  or  equally  incombustible  borders  not  less  than  two  inches 
in  width,  and  shall  be  made  of  tin  plate,  and  have  double  pipes 
and  boxes  properly  fitted  to  the  soapstone.  Hot  air-pipes  and 
register  boxes  shall  be  at  least  one  inch  from  any  woodwork, 
and  register  boxes  fifteen  inches  by  twenty-five  inches,  or  larger, 
and  their  connecting  pipes  shall  be  two  inches  from  any  wood- 
work. The  requirements  of  this  section  may  be  modified  or 
dispensed  with  by  the  superintendent  in  first-class  buildings. 

Hearths.  SECT.  82.  All  hearths  shall  be  supported  by  trimmer  arches 

of  brick  or  stone,  or  be  of  single  stones  at  least  six  inches  thick, 
built  into  the  chimney  and  supported  by  iron  beams,  one  end  of 
which  shall  be  securely  built  into  the  masonry  of  a  chimney  or 
an  adjoining  wall,  or  which  shall  otherwise  rest  upon  incom- 
bustible support.  The  brick  jambs  of  every  fireplace,  range  or 
grate  opening  shall  be  at  least  eight  inches  wide  each,  and  the 
backs  of  such  openings  shall  be  at  least  eight  inches  thick.  All 
hearths  and  trimmer  arches  shall  be  at  least  twelve  inches  longer 
011  either  side  than  the  width  of  such  openings,  and  at  least  eigh- 
teen inches  wide  in  front  of  the  chimney  breast.  Brickwork  over 
fireplaces  and  grate  openings  shall  be  supported  by  proper  iron 
bars  or  brick  or  stone  arches. 

Boilers.  SECT.  83.  No  boiler  to  be  used  for  steam  motive  power  and 

no  furnace  for  melting  metal  or  making  glass  shall  be  placed  on 
any  floor  above  the  cellar  or  basement,  unless  the  same  is  set 
upon  masonry  built  up  from  the  ground,  or  upon  iron  beams 
supported  upon  masonry ;  and  in  no  case  without  a  permit  from 
the  superintendent ;  and  all  woodwork  and  timbers  shall  be  re- 
moved from  the  floor  under  the  same ;  provided,  however,  that 
furnaces  for  melting  such  metals  only  as  fuse  at  a  temperature 
not  exceeding  eight  hundred  degrees  Fahrenheit,  and  that  are 
connected  with  the  chimney  by  a  sheet  metal  pipe  exposed 


CHAP.  13.]         CONSTRUCTION,  ETC.,  OF  BUILDINGS.  77 

to  view,  may  be  placed  upon  hollow  brick  or  stone  hearths,  sup- 
ported by  the  wooden  floor  of  the  first  story  or  basement,  the  air 
spaces  in  which  hearths  shall  not  be  less  than  three  inches  in 
perpendicular  height  and  connected  by  suitable  air  passages  with 
the  atmosphere  of  the  room. 

SECT.  S4.     Xo  stationary  boiler,  furnace  or  range  set  in  masonry  stationary 
shall  hereafter  be  placed  or  its  location  changed  in  any  building 
without  a  license  from  the  superintendent,  who  shall  prescribe 
such  regulations  for  the  setting  or  placing  thereof  as  in  his  judg- 
ment the  public  safety  may  require. 

SECT.  So.  The  top  of  every  heating  furnace  not  set  in  brick  Tops  of 
shall  be  kept  at  least  sixteen  inches  below  the  beams  or  ceiling, 
with  a  shield  of  tin  plate,  made  tight,  suspended  not  less  than 
two  inches  below  the  said  beams  or  ceiling,  and  extending  at 
least  one  foot  beyond  the  top  of  the  furnace  on  all  sides.  If 
the  furnace  is  set  in  brick  and  the  ceiling  is  plastered  or  the 
beams  are  covered  with  metal,  the  top  of  the  brickwork  may 
be  kept  within  not  less  than  six  inches  of  the  ceiling  or  beams 
without  the  intervention  of  the  tin  plate  shield. 

SECT.  86.     No  woodwork  shall  be  placed  within  one  inch  of  NO  woodwork 

*-  to  be  near 

any  metal  pipe  to  be  used  to  convey  heated  air  or  steam,  unless   metal  P1?6- 
such  pipe  is  protected  by  a  soapstone  or  earthen  ring  or  tube 
or  a  metal  casing,  with  proper  air  space  around  the  same  satis- 
factory to  the  superintendent. 

SECT.  87.     Every  story  above  the  second  of  a  building  subject  Means  of 
to  the  provisions  of  section  nine  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  sup-  fire, 
plied  with  means  of  extinguishing  fire,  consisting  either  of  pails 
of  water  or  other  portable  apparatus,  or  of  a  hose  attached  to  a 
suitable  water  supply,  and  capable  of  reaching  any  part  of  such 
story ;  and  such  means  of  extinguishing  fire  shall  be  kept  at  all 
times  ready  for  use  and  in  good  condition. 

SECT.  88.     ISTo  wooden  flue  or  air  duct  for  heating  or  ventilat-  NO  wooden 
ine  purposes  shall  hereafter  be  placed  in  any  building  .subject  to   duct  to  be  near 

,,    1 ,  .  , .  „         woodwork. 

the  provision  01  section  nine  01  this  ordinance,  and  no  pipe  tor 
conveying  hot  air  or  steam  in  such  building  shall  be  placed,  or 
shall  remain  placed,  nearer  than  one  inch  to  any  woodwork,  un- 
less protected  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  superintendent  by  suitable 
guards  or  casings  of  incombustible  material. 

SECT.  89.     No  steam  or  hot-water  heating  apparatus  shall  be   License  to  set 
placed  in  any  building  now  or  hereafter  built  without  a  license   etc!*"1         Br8' 
from  the   superintendent,  who   shall  prescribe  such  regulations 
for  the  setting  or  placing  of  the  same  as  in  his  judgment  the 
public  safety  may  require. 

SECT.  90.     All  floor  timbers,  headers  and  trimmers  of  every   Floor  timbers, 
brick  building  hereafter  erected  or  altered  in  which  a  chimney   near  fluVs?  be 


UNIVERSITY 


78 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  13. 


Chimneys,  etc, 
how  set. 


Hot  air 
registers,  how 
made  and  set. 


Fire  belts  and 
stops. 


is  built  in  a  brick  wall  shall  be  placed  distant  at  least  two  inches 
from  the  outside  of  every  chimney  flue,  and  the  space  between 
such  timbers  and  the  brickwork  of  the  chimney  shall  be  enclosed 
by  a  proper  fire  stop  of  incombustible  material. 

SECT.  91.  Every  chimney,  flue,  furnace,  boiler  or  any  heating 
apparatus  on  any  premises  shall  be  so  placed  and  constructed  as 
in  the  opinion  of  the  superintendent  shall  not  be  unsafe  or  dan- 
gerous to  life  and  limb. 

SECT.  92.  All  hot  air  register  boxes  hereafter  placed  in  the 
floors  or  partitions  of  buildings  shall  be  set  in  soapstone  borders 
not  less  than  two  inches  in  width,  firmly  set  in  plaster  of  paris 
or  guaged  mortar,  or  in  such  other  protection  as  shall  in  the 
judgment  of  the  superintendent  be  equivalent  to  soapstone ;  shall 
be  made  of  tin  plate,  with  a  flange  on  the  top  to  the  rabbet  in 
the  soapstone,  and  shall  have  an  open  space  of  one  inch  on  all 
sides,  extending  from  the  under  side  of  the  ceiling  below  the 
register,  or  the  back  side  of  the  partition  to  the  soapstone  in 
the  floor  or  partition ;  the  outside  of  said  space  to  be  covered 
with  a  casing  of  tin  plate,  tight  on  all  sides,  and  extending 
from  the  under  side  of  said  ceiling  or  back  side  of  said  parti- 
tion to  and  turning  under  the  said  soapstone  ;  but  register  boxes 
of  fifteen  by  twenty-five  inches  or  more  in  size  shall  have  a  space 
as  above  of  two  inches. 

SECT.  93.  The  insides  of  all  furred  brick  walls  of  every  build- 
ing hereafter  erected  shall  have  a  fire  belt  or  stop  composed  of 
some  fire-proof  material,  at  least  six  inches  wide,  and  thoroughly 
set  up  between  furrings  at  the  top  and  bottom  of  each  floor,  and 
in  each  story  in  which  stud  walls  or  partitions  are  constructed, 
and  rest  on  walls  or  other  partitions ;  said  stud  walls  and  parti- 
tions shall  have  the  spaces  between  the  floor  joists  immediately 
under  such  walls  or  partitions,  and  between  studs  from  the  under 
sides  of  said  floor  joists,  to  a  line  six  inches  above  the  tops  of 
said  joists,  filled  solid  and  flush  with  the  plastering  on  both  sides 
with  mortar,  cement,  plaster  or  other  incombustible  material ; 
and,  if  such  studs  or  partitions  shall  rest  upon  solid  timber  or 
joists  for  the  whole  length  thereof,  such  filling,  as  above  de- 
scribed, shall  be  placed  from  the  top  of  such  timber  or  joists 
to  the  same  height  as  above  specified ;  or  a  strip  of  tin  or  gal- 
vanized iron,  at  least  one  inch  wider  than  the  width  of  said  stud- 
ding, and  continuing  under  the  footing  of  said  walls  or  partitions, 
may  be  substituted  for  the  filling  above  specified  where  there  is 
no  partition  or  wall  beneath.  The  exterior  and  interior  walls  of 
all  wooden  buildings  hereafter  erected  shall  have  the  space  be- 
tween the  studding  at  the  top  and  bottom  of  each  story  divided 
or  separated  by  a  fire  stop,  so  as  to  check  effectually  the  draft 


CHAP.  13.]         CONSTRUCTION,  ETC.,  OF  BUILDINGS.  79 

from  one  story  to  another,  and  from  the  vertical  spaces  in  the 
walls  to  the  horizontal  passages  between  the  floor  timbers.     The  Wooden 
spaces   between  stringers  or  carriages  of   all  wooden  staircases,   nonprotected, 
unless  said  stringers  or  carriages  are  left  exposed,  shall  be  closed 
at  intervals  not  exceeding  three  feet  by  substantial  stops  of  incom- 
bustible material. 

SKCT.  94.  The  various  forms  of  construction  tending  to  create  Fire  and 
or  form  air  passages  from  one  story  to  another,  such  as  spaces 
around  pipes,  ventilating  shafts,  or  chimneys  furred  off  to  form 
breasts,  in  every  building  hereafter  erected  or  altered,  shall  have 
a  fire  and  smoke  stop  at  each  floor,  approved  by  the  superin- 
tendent, which  fire  and  smoke  stop  in  all  brick  buildings  shall 
be  of  incombustible  material.  All  ventilation  ducts  shall  be  of 
incombustible  material. 

SECT.  95.     Every  building  hereafter  erected  upon  the  line,  or  snow  barriers, 
within  five  feet  of  the  line  of    any  street  and  having  a  slated  ?oofsf°r 
pitch  roof,  sloping  towards  said  street,  shall  be  provided  with 
suitable  snow  barriers  or  guards  upon  said  roof,  to  prevent  the 
snow  sliding  therefrom,  the  same  to  be  constructed  and  applied 
to  the  satisfaction  of  the  superintendent. 

SECT.    96.     In    every  second-class    building   hereafter    erected  Exterior  parts 
within  the  fire  limits  all  exterior  parts  more  than  forty-five  feet   within  fire 
above  the  sidewalk,  except  window  frame  sashes  and  blinds,  shall 
be  made  of  metal,  stone,  brick  or  other  incombustible  material. 

SECT.    97.     Whenever  any  person  is  about  to   erect,  alter  or   Fence  to 
remove  the  exterior  walls  of  a  building,  within  five  feet  or  on  buncUngT 
the  line  of  a  street,  he  shall  cause  the  portion  of  the  site  of  the 
building   bordering   upon   the   street   to   be  closed  by  a  proper 
fence,  no  less  than  four  feet  high ;  and  the  fence  shall  be  made 
as  much  higher  as  the  superintendent  shall  direct,  and  the  same 
shall  be  maintained  until  all  liability  to  accident  from   falling 
material  ceases. 

SECT.  98.     For  the  better  protection  of  the  lives  and  property   Line  of  fire 
of  the  inhabitants  and  other  persons,  it  is  hereby  ordained  that ;  limit' 
The  territory  at  and  within  the  distance  of  three  miles  from  the 
present  city  hall  be  and  is  hereby  established  as  a  fire  limit. 

SECT.  99.     Within  the  fire  limit,  so  established,  no  structure   Distance 
or  building  of  more  than  three  stories  in  height,  designed  to  be  buildings 
used  in  whole  or  in  part  as  a  public  building,  public  or  private   Smits"   re 
institution,  a  public  hotel,  family  hotel,  apartment  house,  lodging 
house,  tenement  house,  schoolhouse,  church,  theatre,  public  hall, 
place   of   assembly  or  place  of   public  resort,  shall   be   erected 
within   twenty  feet  of    any  other  structure   or    building,  unless 
the  exterior  walls  of    such    structure  or  building  to  be  erected 
are  made  of  or  covered  with  some  incombustible  material. 


80 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  13. 


Dwelling 
houses  within 
fire  limits. 


Elevators,  etc. 


Shafts. 


SECT.  100.  Within  the  fire  limit,  as  established,  all  dwelling 
houses  of  more  than  two  stories  in  height,  now  or  hereafter 
erected,  and  within  the  distance  of  ten  feet  from  any  other 
building  or  structure,  shall  be  furnished  with  a  front  and  rear 
stairway,  or  some  equally  safe  means  of  egress. 

SECT.  101.  Elevators  or  hoists  for  freight  which  do  not  pass 
the  ceiling  of  the  first  story  may  be  constructed  without  fireproof 
enclosures  above  the  basement.  In  existing  buildings  or  in 
buildings  hereafter  erected  in  compliance  with  this  ordinance, 
freight  and  passenger  elevators  without  fireproof  enclosures  may 
be  placed  in  areas  or  hallways  which  are  continuous  and  unbroken, 
no  part  being  separated  from  another  part  by  an  intervening  floor ; 
provided,  that  no  additional  draft  of  air  is  thereby  created.  In 
such  buildings  such  elevators  may  pass  through  the  first  floor  of 
any  area  or  hallway ;  provided,  a  fireproof  enclosure  be  carried 
up  to  the  first  floor.  Except  as  above  provided,  all  shafts  here- 
after built  for  elevators,  hoists,  dumb-waiters,  lifts,  light  and 
ventilating  shafts  or  other  air  ducts,  shall  be  constructed  of, 
and  if  they  do  not  pass  the  upper  floor,  their  tops  shall  be 
covered  with  some  substantial  material  not  inflammable.  All 
such  shafts  which  pass  the  top  floor  shall  be  carried  at  least 
eighteen  inches  above  the  roof  and  be  covered  with  a  skylight. 
Such  shafts  already  constructed,  except  lifts  of  twenty-eight 
inches  square,  or  of  less  area,  and  except  in  dwelling  houses  to- 
be  occupied  by  not  more  than  one  family,  shall  be  lined  with  tin 
or  plastered  on  wire  lathing,  or  otherwise  rendered  non-inflam- 
mable on  the  inside.  Such  shafts  hereafter  built  for  freight  and 
passenger  elevators  shall  be  of  brick  at  least  eight  inches  thick, 
or  of  metal  covered  on  both  sides  with  at  least  one  inch  of 
plaster  applied  immediately  to  the  metal,  or  with  some  other 
equally  substantial,  non-inflammable,  non-conducting,  material. 
Every  entrance  opening  in  a  shaft  or  hoistway  within  two  and 
one-half  feet  above  the  floor  shall  be  protected  by  sufficient 
rails,  gates,  trapdoors  or  such  other  device  as  shall  be  equivalent 
thereto.  Every  elevator  shall  be  provided  with  some  sufficient 
arrangement  to  prevent  the  falling  of  the  car  in  case  of  acci- 
dent. Overhead  elevator  machinery  shall  have  underneath  it  a 
grille  sufficient  to  protect  the  car  from  falling  material.  Every 
opening  into  an  elevator  shaft  or  hoistway,  and  every  opening 
through  a  floor,  other  than  a  stairway,  shall  be  closed  when  not 
in  use.  All  inside  elevator  shaft  openings,  other  than  openings 
in  passenger  elevator  shafts,  shall  be  furnished  with  metal- 
covered  doors  hung  to  rabbeted  iron  frames,  and  shall  have  iron 
thresholds,  and  said  doors  shall  be  kept  closed  when  not  in  use. 
Outside  windows  or  openings  of  every  elevator  shaft  shall  have 


CfcAP.13.]         CONSTRUCTION,  ETC.,  OF  BUILDINGS.  SI 

three  vertical  iron  bars  painted  red,  equally  dividing  the  open- 
ing. Kvrry  part  of  any  elevator  not  enclosed  in  a  shaft  shall  be 
protected  by  a  wire  grille. 

SKCT.  10-.     No   elevator  shall  be  used  in  any  building  until 
after  written  approval  by  the  superintendent. 

SECT.  1(K>.      In   case  any  freight  or  passenger  elevator  is  not    Defective 

elevators, 
constructed  and  furnished  in  compliance  with  this  Ordinance,  or 

has  become  unsafe,  the  superintendent  shall  post  a  conspicuous 
warning  and  prohibition  at  each  entrance  to  such  elevator.  It 
shall,  thereafter,  until  a  new  written  license  is  given  by  the 
superintendent,  be  a  penal  offence  hereunder  to  operate  said  ele- 
vator, or  remove  or  deface  said  notice.  No  freight  or  passenger 
elevator  shall  be  operated  for  more  than  six  months  after  the 
date  of  the  superintendent's  license,  unless  a  certificate  signed 
by  some  elevator  builder  that  the  elevator  is  safe  and  in  good 
order  has  been  furnished  within  six  months,  and  is  posted  in  the 
car  or  at  the  entrance. 

SECT.  104.     No  explosive  or  inflammable  compound  or  com-  storage  of 
bustible  material  shall  be  stored  or  placed  under  any  stairway  of 
any  building,  or  used  in  any  such  place  or  manner  as  to  obstruct 
or  render  egress  hazardous  in  case  of  fire. 

SP:CT.  105.  Every  building,  except  churches  and  schoolhouses,  Audiencehaiis, 
hereafter  built  or  altered  as  to  contain  an  audience  or  assembly  tion. 
hall  capable  of  holding  eight  hundred  persons  or  more,  and  every 
theatre  hereafter  built,  shall  be  a  first  or  second-class  building. 
In  all  theatres  hereafter  erected  the  level  of  the  stage  above  the 
street  level  shall  not  exceed  five  feet.  The  audience  hall  and 
each  compartment,  division  and  gallery  of  every  such  building 
shall  respectively  have  at  least  two  independent  exits,  as  far 
apart  as  may  be.  Every  such  exit  shall  have  a  width  of  at  least 
twenty  inches  for  every  hundred  persons  which  the  hall,  com- 
partment, division  or  gallery  from  which  it  leads  is  capable  of 
containing ;  provided,  that  two  or  more  exits  of  the  same  aggre- 
gate width  may  be  substituted  for  either  of  the  two  exits  above 
required.  None  of  the  exits  above  required  shall  be  less  than 
five  feet  wide. 

SK<  T.  106.     Every  building  of  the  classes  referred  to  in  section   Audience  hails, 
one  hundred  and  five  hereafter  built  shall  have  a  frontage  as  wide   etc' :  F 
as  the  widest  part  of  the  auditorium  or  assembly  hall,  including 
side  passages  or  lobbies,  the  whole  width  and  height  of  which 
frontage  shall  be  upon  a  street,  court,  passageway  or  area  open 
to  the  sky,  and  at  least  thirty  feet  wide  opposite  the  entire  front- 
age.    Such  court,  passageway  or  area  shall  have  an  unobstructed 
way  at  least  thirty  feet  wide,  either  through  a  first-class  build- 
ing without  openings  into  any  second  or  third-class  building,  or 


82  UK  VISED  ORDINANCES.  [CHAI-.  13. 

wholly  open  to  the  sky,  connecting  it  with  a  public  street  at  least 
Exits,  thirty  feet  wide.     There  shall  be  at  least  one  exit  on  this  front 

which  shall  be  in  no  case  less  than  five  feet  in  width,  and  of  such 
greater  width  as  an  allowance  of  twenty  inches  for  each  one  hun- 
dred persons  which  the  building  may  at  any  time  contain  will  in 
the  aggregate  require.  There  shall  be  another  independent  exit 
of  the  same  capacity,  or  independent  exits  of  the  same  aggregate 
capacity,  either  through  a  first-class  building  without  openings 
into  any  second  or  third-class  building,  or  through  a  passageway 
open  to  the  sky.  All  doors  shall  open  outward,  and  shall  not  be 
so  placed  as  to  reduce  the  width  of  the  passage  above  required. 
Aisles.  All  aisles,  stairways  and  passages  in  such  buildings  shall  be  of 

even  or  increasing  width  toward  the  exit,  at  least  seven  feet  high 
throughout,  without  obstruction  below  that  height  properly  ar- 
ranged for  the  easy  egress  of  the  audience,  and  of  a  width  in 
respect  of  each  division,  gallery  or  compartment,  computed  ac- 
cording to  the  above  rule.  No  aisle  or  passage  in  such  buildings, 
rising  toward  its  exit,  except  stairways  from  story  to  story  and 
necessary  steps  in  galleries  and  balconies,  shall  have  a  gradient 
within  the  auditorium  of  more  than  two  in  ten,  nor  elsewhere  of 
more  than  one  in  ten. 

Audiencehaiis,  SECT.  107.  In  buildings  of  the  classes  referred  to  in  section 
stringers,  one  hundred  and  five  hereafter  built,  the  cut  of  the  stair  stringers 
shall  not  exceed  seven  and  one-half  inches'  rise,  nor  be  less  than 
ten  and  one-half  inches'  tread.  No  winders  shall  be  less  than 
seven  inches  wide  at  the  narrowest  part.  There  shall  be  no 
flights  of  more  than  fifteen  or  less  than  three  steps  between 
landings.  Every  landing  shall  be  at  least  four  feet  wide  from 
step  to  step. 

Audiencehaiis,  SECT.  108.  All  stairs  and  landings  of  all  buildings  of  the 
landings!™*  *  classes  referred  to  in  section  one  hundred  and  five  hereafter 
built  shall  have  throughout  proper  hand  rails  on  both  sides 
firmly  secured  to  walls,  or  to  strong  posts  or  balusters.  Stair- 
ways twelve  feet  or  more  wide  shall  have  one  or  more  inter- 
mediate rails  not  more  than  eight  feet  apart  and  properly  sup- 
ported. 

Audiencehaiis,       SECT.  109.     No  boiler,  furnace,  engine  or  heating  apparatus, 

etc!  except  steam   or  hot  air  pipes  and  radiators,  shall  be  located 

under  the    auditorium    nor  under    any    passage    or    stairway  of 

any  exit  of   any  building  of  the   classes   referred  to  in  section 

one  hundred  and  five. 

Audiencehaiis,  SECT.  110.  The  lights  for  the  rear  of  the  auditorium,  and  for 
all  passage  and  stairways  of  exits  of  every  building  of  the  classes 
referred  to  in  section  one  hundred  and  five  hereafter  built,  shall 
be  independent  of  the  lights  of  the  rest  of  the  auditorium  and  of 


CHAP.  13.]        CONSTRUCTION,  ETC.,  OF  BUILDINGS.  S."5 

the  platform  or  stage,  and  shall  be  so  arranged  that  they  cannot 
be  turned  down  or  off  from  the  platform  or  stage. 

SECT.  111.     All  exits  from  every  building  of  the  classes  referred   Audience  hails, 

etc. :   Exits 

to  in  section  one  hundred  and  hye  shall  be  opened  for  the  use  of 
every  departing  audience,  and  shall  have  fastenings  on  the  inside 
only. 

SECT.  112.     No  temporary  seats  or  other  obstructions  shall  be   Audiencehaiis, 

11  -]•  •    i  ..  pi'iT  ,'    i        etc.:  Obstruc- 

allowed  in  any  aisle,  passageway  or  stairway  of  a  building  of  the  tions,  etc.,  in 
classes  referred  to  in  section  one  hundred  and  five,  and  no  person 
shall  be  allowed  to  remain  in  any  aisle,  passageway  or  stairway 
of  any  such  building  during  any  performance. 

SECT.  113.  The  stage  of  every  theatre  hereafter  built  shall  Theatres: 
be  separated  from  the  auditorium  by  a  brick  wall  sixteen  inches 
thick,  which  wall  shall  extend  the  entire  width  and  height  of 
the  building,  and  two  feet  six  inches  above  the  roof,  like  a  party 
wall.  There  shall  be  no  openings  through  this  wall  except  the 
curtain  opening,  and  not  more  than  two  others,  which  shall  be 
located  at  or  below  the  level  of  the  stage ;  these  latter  openings 
shall  not  exceed  twenty-one  superficial  feet  each,  and  shall  have 
tinned  wood  self-closing  doors  securely  hung  to  rabbeted  iron 
frames  or  rabbets  in  the  brickwork.  The  finish  or  decorative 
features  around  the  curtain  opening  of  every  theatre  shall  be  of 
incombustible  materials,  well  secured  to  masonry.  All  scenery, 
curtains  and  woodwork  of  the  stage  of  every  theatre  shall  be 
thoroughly  covered,  and,  if  practicable,  saturated  with  fire-resist- 
ing material.  No  fixed  portion  of  the  stage  shall  be  of  wood. 

SECT.  114.  There  shall  be  lobbies  adjoining  each  division  of 
the  auditorium  of  every  theatre  hereafter  built,  separated  there- 
from by  a  partition  of  brick  or  other  equally  incombustible  mate- 
rial, and  sufficiently  large  to  furnish  standing  room  for  all  per- 
sons that  such  division  may  at  any  time  contain.  There  shall 
be  no  openings  in  such  partition  except  such  as  are  required 
in  section  one  hundred  and  five,  and  such  openings  shall  not  be 
more  than  eight  feet  high. 

SECT.  115.  The  proscenium  or  curtain  of  every  theatre  shall 
have  a  fire-resisting  curtain  of  incombustible  material,  reinforced  curtain 
by  wire  netting,  or  otherwise  strengthened.  If  of  iron,  or  similar 
heavy  material,  and  made  to  lower  from  the  top,  it  shall  be  so 
contrived  as  to  be  stopped  securely  at  a  height  of  seven  feet 
above  the  stage  floor ;  the  remaining  opening  being  closed  by  a 
curtain  or  valance  of  fire-resisting  fabric.  Such  curtain  shall  be 
raised  at  the  beginning  and  lowered  at  the  end  of  each  and  every 
performance,  and  shall  be  of  proper  material,  construction  and 
mechanism. 

SECT.  116.     All  scene  docks,  carpenter  or  property  shops  and 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAi».  I.".. 


Theatres : 
Scene  docks, 


Theatres . 
Employees' 
rooms,  gas 
lights. 


Theatres : 
Ventilators. 


Theatres : 

High-service 

standpipes. 


Halls,  etc. : 
Ventilation 


Tenements, 
etc. :  Ventila- 
tion. 


wardrobes  of  every  theatre  hereafter  built  shall  be  separated 
from  the  stage,  auditorium  and  dressing-room  divisions  by  solid 
brick  walls,  not  less  than  twelve  inches  thick,  with  no  openings 
to  the  auditorium  or  dressing-room  divisions ;  and  all  openings 
to  the  stage  shall  have  tinned  wood  self-closing  doors,  securely 
hung  to  rabbets  in  the  brickwork. 

SECT.  117.  All  rooms  in  theatres  for  the  use  of  persons  em- 
ployed therein  shall  have  at  least  two  independent  exits.  All 
stage  gas  lights  shall  be  protected  by  proper  nettings. 

SECT.  118.  There  shall  be  one  or  more  ventilators  near  the 
centre  and  above  the  highest  portion  of  the  stage  of  every 
theatre,  equal  in  combined  area  of  opening  to  one-tenth  of  the 
area  of  stage  floor.  Every  such  ventilator  shall  have  a  valve 
or  louver  so  counterbalanced  as  to  open  automatically,  and  shall 
be  kept  closed,  when  not  in  use,  by  a  cord  reaching  to  the 
prompter's  desk,  and  readily  operated  therefrom.  Such  cord 
shall  be  of  combustible  material  and  so  arranged  that  if  it  is 
severed,  the  ventilator  will  open  automatically. 

SECT.  119.  There  shall  be  at  least  two  two-inch  high-service 
standpipes  on  the  stage  of  every  theatre,  with  ample  provision 
of  hose  and  nozzles  at  each  level  of  the  stage  on  each  side,  and 
the  water  shall  be  kept  turned  on  during  the  occupation  of  the 
building  by  any  audience.  The  said  pipes  shall  have  two  gates, 
one  above  the  other,  with  a  proper  test  or  waste  valve ;  the 
lower  gate  to  be  kept  open  at  all  times.  The  proscenium  open- 
ing of  every  theatre  shall  be  provided  with  a  two  and  one-half 
inch  perforated  iron  pipe,  or  equivalent  equipment  of  automatic 
or  open  sprinklers,  as  the  superintendent  may  direct,  so  con- 
structed as  to  form  when  in  operation  a  complete  water  curtain 
for  the  entire  proscenium  opening,  and  there  shall  be  for  the 
rest  of  the  stage  a  complete  system  of  fire  apparatus  and  per- 
forated iron  pipes,  automatic  or  open  sprinklers.  Said  pipes  or 
sprinklers  shall  be  supplied  with  water  by  high-pressure  service, 
and  be  at  all  times  ready  for  use. 

Every  hall,  auditorium  or  room  of  every  building  hereafter 
erected  for  or  converted  to  use  as  a  schoolhouse,  factory,  theatre 
or  place  of  public  assembly  or  entertainment,  shall  have  in  con- 
tinuous operation  while  occupied  a  system  of  ventilation  so  con- 
trived as  to  provide  fifty  cubic  feet  per  minute  of  outer  air  for 
each  light  other  than  an  electric  light  for  each  occupant. 

SECT.  120.  Every  existing  tenement  or  lodging  house  shall 
have  in  every  sleeping  room  not  communicating  directly  with 
the  external  air  two  ventilating  or  transom  windows  of  not  less 
than  six  square  feet  area  each,  one  opening  into  another  room 
or  passage  having  an  external  window  of  not  less  than  six 


(ii A  I-.  13.]        CONSTRUCTION,  ETC.,  OF  BUILDINGS.  85 

square  feet  area,  with   movable    sashes.     No   transom  window 
shall  be  placed  in  a  partition  wall  enclosing  a  main  stairway. 

SECT.  121.     Every  room  in  every  tenement  or  lodging  house  Tenements, 
hereafter   built,  and  in   every  building   hereafter   altered  to  be  rooms,  ami 
used  as  such,  shall  be  not  less  than  eight  feet  in  height  in  the 
clear  in  every  story,  except  that  in  the  attic  it  may  be  less  than 
eight  feet  high  for  one-half  of  the  area  of  the  room.     Every  such 
room  shall  have  one  or  more  windows  on  an  open  air  space  with 
an  area  at  least  one-tenth  as  great  as  that  of  the  room.     The  top 
of  at  least  one  window  on  such  air  space  in  each  room  shall  be 
at  least  seven  feet  six  inches  from  the  floor,  and  the  upper  sash 
of  the  same  window  shall  be  movable. 

SECT.  122.  No  building  of  which  any  part  is  used  for  storage  Buildings  used 
or  sale  of  hay,  straw,  hemp,  flax,  shavings,  burning  fluid,  turpen- 
tine, camphene  or  any  inflammable  oil,  or  other  highly  combust- 
ible substance,  shall  be  occupied  in  any  part  as  a  dwelling, 
tenement  or  lodging  house,  except  that  rooms  for  coachmen  or 
grooms  may  be  allowed  in  private  stables  authorized  by  this  act, 
upon  special  permit  from  the  superintendent. 

SKCT.  12.3.     All  stationary  receptacles  in  a  building  for  ashes,  Receptacles 
waste  and  other  substances,  liable,  by  spontaneous  combustion, 
or  otherwise,  to  cause  a  fire  in  a  building,  shall  be  made  of 
incombustible  material  satisfactory  to  the  superintendent. 

SKCT.  124.  Every  lodging  house  containing  over  fifty  rooms  Lodging 
above  the  first  floor,  and  every  tenement  house  containing  more  N°ght  watch- 
than  fifty  sleeping  rooms  above  the  first  floor,  shall  have  at  least 
one  night  watchman  exclusively  so  employed  on  duty  every  night 
from  nine  o'clock  at  night  until  six  o'clock  in  the  morning ;  and 
every  lodging  house  of  the  second  or  third  class  containing  more 
than  one  hundred  rooms  above  the  first  floor,  and  every  tenement 
house  containing  more  than  one  hundred  sleeping  rooms  above 
the  first  floor,  shall  have  at  least  two  night  watchmen  exclusively 
so  employed  on  duty  every  night  from  nine  o'clock  at  night 
until  six  o'clock  in  the  morning.  But  in  the  latter  class  of  Automatic 
lodging  and  tenement  houses  a  proper  system  of  thermostats  or 
automatic  fire  alarms,  approved  in  writing  by  the  superintendent, 
may  be  substituted  for  one  of  the  watchmen.  In  all  lodging  or 
tenement  houses  of  either  of  the  above  classes  a  red  light  shall 
be  kept  burning  at  night  at  the  head  and  foot  of  every  flight 
of  stairs,  and  one  or  more  gongs  shall  be  so  placed  and  be  of 
such  size  and  number  as  to  give  the  alarm  throughout  the  house 
in  case  of  fire ;  and  in  every  sleeping  room  there  shall  be  con- 
spicuously posted  directions  for  escape  in  case  of  fire.  The 
superintendent  may  make  such  other  or  further  requirements  for 
prevention  of  and  escape  from  fire  as  may  be  reasonably  neces- 


86 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  13. 


Lodging- 
houses,  etc. : 
Water-closets. 


Storage  or 
manufacture 
of  combusti- 
bles, or  explo- 


License 
required. 


Application  for 
license. 


Application  to 
be  published. 


Objections. 


Notice  of 
hearing. 


sary  under  the  conditions  of  each  case.  Any  innholder  who 
fails  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  thereby 
forfeit  his  license. 

SECT.  125.  Every  dwelling,  tenement  or  lodging  house,  every 
schoolhonse  and  every  building  where  operatives  are  employed 
shall  have  at  least  one  water-closet  or  privy,  and  if  more  than 
twenty  persons  therein  live,  attend  or  are  employed,  there  shall 
be  an  additional  water-closet  or  privy  for  every  twenty  persons 
or  fraction  thereof ;  and  in  buildings  where  operatives  of  both 
sexes  are  employed  separate  accommodations  shall  be  furnished 
for  men  and  women.  Privies  or  cesspools  shall  not  be  allowed 
where  a  sewer  makes  water-closets  practicable.  Every  water- 
closet  in .  every  building  hereafter  erected  for  or  converted  to 
use  as  a  tenement  house,  family  hotel  or  apartment  house  shall 
have  a  window  opening  to  the  outer  air. 

SECT.  126.  No  grain  elevator  or  building  for  the  storing  or 
manufacture  of  high  combustibles  or  explosives,  or  for  chemical 
or  rendering  works,  shall  be  erected,  and  no  engine,  dynamo, 
boiler  or  furnace,  except  exclusively  for  the  heating  of  or  to 
raise  elevators  in  the  building  in  which  it  is  shall  be  placed  in 
any  building  without  a  license  issued  under  the  provisions  of 
sections  one  hundred  and  twenty-seven,  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
eight  and  one  hundred  and  twenty-nine. 

SECT.  127.  Every  application  for  a  license  required  by  section 
one  hundred  and  twenty-six  shall  be  filed  with  the  superintendent 
in  writing,  and  shall  set  forth  the  location  and  character  of  the 
building,  the  size,  power  and  purpose  of  the  apparatus,  with  such 
further  information  as  the  superintendent  may  require. 

SECT.  128.  Every  such  application  shall  be  published  in  at 
least  two  weekly  papers  published  in  Cambridge ;  and  the  appli- 
cant shall  also,  if  so  directed  by  the  superintendent,  conspicuously 
post  on  the  premises  a  copy  of  an  application,  and  deliver  copies 
thereof  to  such  persons  as  the  superintendent  may  direct,  and 
shall  file  an  affidavit  with  the  superintendent  that  the  notice 
required  has  been  duly  given.  If  no  objection  is  filed  with  the 
superintendent  before  the  expiration  of  ten  days  from  the  time 
of  the  first  publication  of  notice,  or  within  ten  days  of  the 
delivery  and  first  posting  notice  if  required,  the  superintendent 
shall,  if  the  arrangement,  location  and  construction  of  the  pro- 
posed apparatus  is  proper,  and  in  accordance  with  the  terms  of 
this  ordinance,  issue  a  permit  for  the  same.  But  if  such  objec- 
tion is  filed,  the  application  shall  be  returned  to  the  superintend- 
ent for  further  consideration. 

SECT.  129.  The  superintendent  shall  in  each  case  cause  due 
notice  to  be  given  to  all  parties  of  the  time  and  place  of  hearing. 


CHAP.  13.]        CONSTRUCTION,  ETC.,  OF  BUILDINGS.  87 

and  after  hearing  the  parties  he  shall  issue  a  license  under  such 
conditions  as  may  be  prescribed,  or  may  withhold  the  same. 

SECT.  130.  Within  the  following  described  districts  of  the  Fire  limit 
fire  limits  no  building  other  than  the  first,  second  and  third  Mass.  av'e. 
classes  shall  hereafter  be  erected :  — 

First.  Starting  from  the  westerly  end  of  Harvard  bridge  on 
Massachusetts  avenue  and  running  continuously  therefrom  on 
both  sides  of  Massachusetts  avenue  to  Waterhouse  street,  in- 
cluding Lafayette,  Central,  Putnam,  Quincy  and  Harvard  squares 
and  within  the  area  included  between  the  city  building  lines 
wherever  established  on  said  Massachusetts  avenue  and  squares 
and  where  such  building  lines  are  not  established,  within  the 
area  included  between  the  lines  of  private  ownership  adjacent 
to  the  lines  of  said  Massachusetts  avenue  and  squares  and  a 
line  distant  one  hundred  feet  to  the  right  and  left  at  right 
angles  from  each  and  every  point  of  said  building  lines  and 
said  street  lines  of  private  ownership  on  both  sides  of  said 
Massachusetts  avenue  and  all  sides  of  said  squares  between  the 
westerly  end  of  Harvard  bridge  and  said  Waterhouse  street  as 
aforesaid. 

Second.  Starting  from  the  westerly  end  of  Craigie  bridge  and  f.11^.11?11* 
running  continuously  therefrom  on  both  sides  of  Bridge  street  to  Cambridge  st. 
and  including  Lechmere  square,  and  thence  running  continuously 
westerly  on  both  sides  of  Cambridge  street  to  and  including 
Imnan  square,  and  within  the  area  included  between  the  city 
building  lines  wherever  established  on  said  Bridge  and  Cam- 
bridge streets  and  said  squares  and  where  building  lines  are  not 
so  established,  within  the  area  included  between  the  lines  of 
private  ownership  adjacent  to  the  lines  of  said  Bridge  and 
Cambridge  streets  and  said  squares  and  a  line  distant  one  hun- 
dred feet  to  the  right  and  left  at  right  angles  from  each  and 
every  point  of  said  building  lines  and  said  street  lines  of  private 
ownership  on  both  sides  of  said  Bridge  and  Cambridge  streets 
and  all  sides  of  said  squares  between  the  westerly  end  of  Craigie 
bridge  and  Imnan  square  as  aforesaid. 

Third.  Starting  from  the  harbor  commissioners'  line  on.  the 
westerly  side  of  Charles  river  on  the  westerly  end  of  West 
Boston  bridge,  and  running  continuously  on  both  sides  of  Main 
street  to  and  including  Kendall  square  and  Smith  square,  and 
thence  running  continuously  westerly  on  both  sides  of  said  Main 
street  to  its  intersection  with  Massachusetts  avenue  at  Lafayette 
square  and  within  the  area  included  between  the  city  building 
lines  wherever  established  in  said  Main  street  and  said  squares 
and  where  building  lines  are  not  so  established  within  the  area 
included  between  the  lines  of  private  ownership  adjacent  to  the 


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REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  13. 


Fire  limit 
districts : 
Brattle  st. 


Fire  limit 
districts : 
Broadway. 


Fire  limit 
districts : 
Broadway. 


lines  of  said  Main  street  and  said  squares  and  a  line  distant  one 
hundred  feet  to  the  right  and  left  at  right  angles  from  each  and 
every  point  of  said  building  lines  and  said  street  lines  of  private 
ownership  on  both  sides  of  said  Main  street  and  all  sides  of  said 
squares  between  the  harbor  commissioners'  line  on  the  westerly 
end  of  West  Boston  bridge  to  Lafayette  square  as  aforesaid. 

Fourth.  All  that  territory  which  lies  south  and  west  and  is 
bounded  northerly  and  easterly  by  the  first  fire  district  above 
described,  and  is  included  on  all  its  other  sides  within  and  is 
bounded  westerly  and  southerly  by  the  following  lines  :  Com- 
mencing at  a  point  in  the  westerly  limit  of  said  first  fire  district 
one  hundred  feet  northerly  from  the  northerly  line  of  Church 
street,  thence  running  continuously  southwesterly  and  southerly 
on  a  line  distant  one  hundred  feet  at  right  angles  from  each  and 
every  point  of  the  northerly  or  westerly  line  of  said  Church 
street  to  Brattle  street,  and  thence  across  said  Brattle  street,  at 
right  angles  therewith,  and  then  continuing  in  the  same  line  to  a 
point  on  property  of  private  persons  distant  one  hundred  feet 
southerly  from  the  southerly  line  of  Brattle  street ;  thence  run- 
ning easterly  continuously  on  a  line  distant  one  hundred  feet, 
at  right  angles,  from  each  and  every  point  of  the  southerly  line  of 
said  Brattle  street,  across  Brattle  square  to  the  intersection  of  the 
southerly  line  of  Mt.  Auburn  street  with  said  Brattle  square ; 
thence  northeasterly  continuously  along  and  bounded  by  the 
southerly  line  of  Mt.  Auburn  street  to  Putnam  square  and 
the  southerly  boundary  line  of  the  first  fire  district  above 
mentioned. 

Fifth.  Commencing  at  the  intersection  of  the  southerly  line 
of  Broadway  with  the  westerly  line  of  Sixth  street  and  running 
continuously  westerly  therefrom  on  the  southerly  side  of  Broad- 
way to  Clark  street  and  within  the  area  included  between  the 
lines  of  private  ownership  adjacent  to^the  southerly  Kne  of  said 
Broadway  and  a  line  distant  one  hundred  feet  to  the  left  at  right 
angles  from  each  and  every  point  of  said  street  lines  of  private 
ownership  on  the  southerly  side  of  Broadway,  between  said  Sixth 
street  and  said  Clark  street. 

Sixth.  All  that  territory  which  is  included  between  the  fol- 
lowing lines :  Commencing  at  the  intersection  of  the  westerly 
line  of  Third  street  with  the  southerly  line  of  Broad  Canal ; 
thence  running  continuously  northwesterly  along  and  bounded 
by  the  southerly  line  of  said  Broad  Canal  and  the  division  line 
between  Ward  two  and  three  to  the  southerly  line  of  said  Potter 
street ;  thence  running  continuously  westerly  along  and  bounded 
by  the  southerly  line  of  said  Potter  street  to  the  easterly  line  of 
Portland  street  j  then  running  continuously  southerly  along  and 


CHAP.  13.]       CONSTKUCTION,  ETC.,  OF  BUILDINGS.  89 

bounded  by  said  easterly  line  of  Portland  street  to  the  northerly 
line  of  Broadway ;  thence  running  continuously  easterly  along 
across  Mechanics'  square  and  bounded  by  the  northerly  line  of 
said  Mechanics'  square  and  said  Broadway  to  the  westerly  line 
of  said  Third  street ;  thence  running  continuously  northerly 
along  and  bounded  by  the  westerly  line  of  said  Third  street 
to  the  point  of  beginning. 

Seventh.  All  that  territory  which  lies  south  and  is  bounded  JJ^etsr 
northerly  by  the  second  fire  district,  above  described,  and  is  Firstst. 
included  on  all  its  other  sides  within  and  is  bounded  easterly, 
southerly  and  westerly  by  the  following  lines :  Commencing  at 
a  point  in  the  southerly  limit  of  said  second  fire  district  on  the 
westerly  side  of  First  street  one  hundred  feet  southerly  from 
the  southerly  line  of  Cambridge  street ;  thence  running  con- 
tinously  southerly  along  and  bounded  by  said  westerly  line  of 
First  street  to  the  northerly  line  of  Spring  street ;  thence  running 
continuously  westerly  along  and  bounded  by  said  northerly  line 
of  said  Spring  street  across  said  Third  street  to  a  point  distant 
one  hundred  feet  westerly  from  the  westerly  line  of  said  Third 
street ;  thence  running  northerly  continuously  therefrom  on  a 
line  distant  one  hundred  feet  to  the  left  at  right  angles  from 
each  and  every  point  of  the  street  lines  of  private  ownership  on 
said  westerly  side  of  Third  street  to  the  southerly  line  of  Cam- 
bridge street  and  the  second  fire  district  above  described. 

Eighth.     Starting  from  the  westerly  side  of  the  location  of  the  Fire  limit 
Fitchburg  Railroad  Company  on  Massachusetts  avenue  and  run-  Mass.  ave. 
ning  westerly  continuously  therefrom  on  both  sides  of  Massa- 
chusetts avenue  to  Bindge  avenue  and  within  the  area  included 
between  the  lines  of  said  Massachusetts  avenue  and  a  line  dis- 
tant one  hundred  feet  to  the  right  and  left  at  right  angles  from 
each  and  every  point  of  said  street  lines  of  private  ownership 
on  both  sides  of  said  Massachusetts  avenue  between  the  westerly 
side  of  said  railroad  location  and  said  Bindge  avenue  as  aforesaid. 

In  this  ordinance  the  titles  Lafayette  square,  Central  square 
Putnam  square,  Quincy  square  and  Harvard  square,  Lechmere 
square,  Inman  square,  Kendall  square  and  Smith  square  shall 
mean  the  respective  areas  included  within  the  following  bound- 
aries, viz  : 

Lafayette   S<j  nn  rtj. 

Beginning  at  a  point  in  the  northerly  line  of  Main  street  at  its   Fire  nrait 
intersection  with  easterly  line  of  Columbia  street ;  thence  south   Lafayette 
erly  by  a  line  at  right  angles  to  said  line  of  Main  street  70  feet 
to  its  intersection  with  the  southerly  line  of  Main  street ;  thence 
westerly  along  the  southerly  line  of  Main  street  about  3  feet  to 
the  tangent  point  of  a  curve ;  thence  westerly,  southerly  and  east- 


90 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  13. 


Fire  limit 
districts : 
Central  sq. 


Fire  limit 
districts: 
Putnam  sq. 


erly  along  said  curve  of  18  feet  radius  about  46.2  feet  to  its  other 
tangent  point  in  the  northeasterly  line  of  Massachusetts  avenue  ; 
thence  southwesterly  by  a  line  at  right  angles  to  said  line  of 
Massachusetts  avenue  about  91  feet  to  its  intersection  with  the 
southwesterly  line  of  Massachusetts  avenue  ;  thence  northwest- 
erly along  said  southwesterly  line  of  Massachusetts  avenue  about 
202  feet  ;  thence  northeasterly  by  a  line  at  right  angles  to  the 
southwesterly  line  of  Massachusetts  avenue  103  feet  to  its  inter- 
section with  the  northeasterly  line  of  said  avenue  ;  thence  east- 
erly along  the  northeasterly  line  of  Massachusetts  avenue  and 
the  northerly  line  of  Main  street  about  179  feet  to  its  intersec- 
tion with  the  easterly  line  of  Columbia  street  at  the  point  of 
beginning. 

Centi'«l 


Beginning  at  a  point  in  the  southwesterly  line  of  Massachu- 
setts avenue  at  its  intersection  with  the  southerly  line  of  Western 
avenue  ;  thence  westerly  along  said  southerly  line  about  124  feet 
to  its  intersection  with  the  southeasterly  line  of  Magazine  street  ; 
thence  southwesterly  along  said  southeasterly  line  of  Magazine 
street  about  140  feet  to  its  intersection  with  the  southwesterly 
line  of  Green  street  ;  thence  northwesterly  along  said  southwest- 
erly line  of  Green  street  about  227  feet  to  its  intersection  with 
the  northerly  line  of  Western  avenue  ;  thence  easterly  along  said 
northerly  line  of  Western  avenue  about  191  feet  to  its  intersec- 
tion with  the  northwesterly  line  of  Central  square  ;  thence  north- 
easterly along  said  northwesterly  line  of  Central  square  about 
191  feet  to  its  intersection  with  the  northeasterly  line  of  Massa- 
chusetts avenue;  thence  southeasterly  along  said  northeasterly 
line  of  Massachusetts  avenue  about  182  feet  ;  thence  southwest- 
erly by  a  line  at  right  angles  to  the  northeasterly  line  of  Mass- 
achusetts avenue  about  103  feet  to  its  intersection  with  the 
southwesterly  line  of  Massachusetts  avenue  at  the  point  of 
beginning. 

Putnam  Square. 

Beginning  at  a  point  in  the  southwesterly  line  of  Mt.  Auburn 
street  at  its  intersection  with  the  westerly  line  of  Putnam  ave- 
nue ;  thence  northerly  along  said  line  of  Putnam  avenue  92  feet  to 
its  intersection  with  the  southwesterly  line  of  Massachusetts  ave- 
nue ;  thence  northeasterly  by  a  line  at  right  angles  to  said  line 
of  Massachusetts  avenue  62  feet  to  its  intersection  with  the 
northeasterly  line  of  Massachusetts  avenue  ;  thence  southeast- 
erly along  said  northeasterly  line  about  215  feet  ;  thence  south- 
westerly by  a  line  at  right  angles  to  the  southwesterly  line  of 
Massachusetts  avenue  about  66  feet  to  its  intersection  with  said 


CHAP.  13.]       CONSTRUCTION,  ETC.,  OF  BUILDINGS.  91 

southwesterly  line ;  thence  along  the  southwesterly  line  of  Mas- 
sachusetts avenue  and  Mt.  Auburn  street  about  190  feet  to  its 
intersection  with  the  westerly  line  of  Putnam  avenue  at  the 
point  of  beginning. 

Quincy  Square. 

Beginning   at   a  point   in  the   northeasterly   line   of   Harvard  Fire  limit 
street  at  its  intersection  with  the  easterly  line  of  Quincy  street ;   Quincy  sq. 
thence  southerly  along  said  line  of  Quincy  street  about  211  feet 
to  its  intersection  with  the  southwesterly  line  of  Massachusetts 
avenue  ;  thence  northwesterly  along  said  southwesterly  line  about 
300  feet ;  thence  northeasterly  by  a  line  at  right  angles  to  said 
southwesterly  line  about  85  feet  to  its  intersection  with  the  north- 
easterly line  of  Harvard  street ;  thence  southeasterly  along  said 
line  of  Harvard  street  about  198  feet  to  its  intersection  with  the 
easterly  line  of  Quincy  street  at  the  point  of  beginning. 

Harvard  Square. 

Beginning  at  a  point  in  the  northwesterly  line  of  Massachu-  Fire  limit 
setts  avenue  at  its  intersection  with  the  northerly  line  of  Brattle  Harvard  sq. 
street ;  thence  in  a  generally  northerly  direction  along  said  line 
of  Massachusetts  avenue  about  552  feet ;  thence  northeasterly  by 
a  line  at  right  angles  to  the  said  line  of  Massachusetts  avenue 
about.  67  feet  to  its  intersection  with  the  northeasterly  line  of 
Massachusetts  avenue ;  thence  southerly,  easterly  and  northerly 
by  a  curve  line  of  38  feet  radius  about  100  feet ;  thence  easterly 
by  a  line  at  right  angles  to  the  westerly  line  of  Peabody  street 
66  feet  to  its  intersection  with  the  easterly  line  of  Peabody 
street ;  thence  southerly  along  said  easterly  line  about  433  feet ; 
thence  southerly  and  easterly  by  a  curved  line  of  varying  radius 
about  188  feet ;  thence  southwesterly  about  88  feet  to  the  inter- 
section of  the  southwesterly  line  of  Massachusetts  avenue  with 
the  northeasterly  line  of  Dunster  street ;  thence  northwesterly  * 
along  the  southwesterly  line  of  Massachusetts  avenue  about  218 
feet  to  its  intersection  with  the  northwesterly  line  of  Massachu- 
setts avenue :  thence  northeasterly  along  said  northwesterly  line 
about  40  feet  to  its  intersection  with  the  northerly  line  of  Brattle 
street  at  the  point  of  beginning. 

Le-chmere   Square. 

Beginning  at  a  point  in  the  southerly  line  of  Cambridge  street  Fire  limit 
at  its  intersection  with  the  southwesterly  line  of  Bridge  street ;   Lechmere  sq. 
thence  westerly  along  said  line  of  Cambridge  street  about  343 
feet  to  its  intersection  with  the  northwesterly  line  of  Lechmere 
square ;    thence   northeasterly  along   said  northwesterly   line   of 
Lechmere   square    about    219  feet   to  its  intersection  with   the 


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REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  13. 


Fire  limit 
districts : 
Inman  sq. 


Fire  limit 
districts : 
Kendall  sq. 


Fire  limit 
districts : 
Smith  sq. 


northeasterly  line  of  Bridge  street ;  thence  southeasterly  along 
said  northeasterly  line  of  Bridge  street  about  318  feet,  thence 
southwesterly  by  a  line  at  right  angles  to  the  northeasterly  line 
of  Bridge  street  about  77  feet  to  its  intersection  with  the  south- 
westerly line  of  Bridge  street  at  the  point  of  beginning. 

Inman  Square. 

Beginning  at  a  point  in  the  southerly  line  of  Cambridge  street 
at  its  intersection  with  the  northeasterly  line  of  Hampshire 
street ;  thence  southwesterly  by  a  line  at  right  angles  to  said  line 
of  Hampshire  street  66  feet  to  its  intersection  with  the  south- 
westerly line  of  Hampshire  street ;  thence  northwesterly  along 
said  line  of  Hampshire  street  about  85  feet  to  its  intersection 
with  the  southerly  line  of  Cambridge  street ;  thence  westerly 
along  said  southerly  line  of  Cambridge  street  about  121  feet ; 
thence  northerly  by  a  line  at  right  angle  to  said  line  of  Cam- 
bridge street  66  feet  to  its  intersection  with  the  northerly  line  of 
Cambridge  street,  at  the  tangent  point  of  a  curve ;  thence  easterly 
and  northerly  along  said  curve  of  1275  feet  radius  about  315  feet 
to  its  other  tangent  point  in  the  southwesterly  line  of  Hampshire 
street:  thence  by  a  line  at  right  angles  to  said  line  of  Hamp- 
shire street  66  feet  to  its  intersection  with  the  northeasterly  line 
of  Hampshire  street ;  thence  southeasterly  along  said  north- 
easterly line  of  Hampshire  street  about  120  feet  to  its  inter- 
section with  the  northerly  line  of  Cambridge  street;  thence 
easterly  along  said  northerly  line  of  Cambridge  street  92  feet ; 
thence  southwesterly  across  Cambridge  street  about  67  feet  to 
the  point  of  beginning. 

Kendall  Square. 

Beginning  at  a  point  in  the  northeasterly  line  of  Broadway  at 
its  intersection  with  the  northwesterly  line  of  Third  street ; 
thence  southeasterly  along  said  line  of  Broadway  about  318  feet 
to  its  intersection  with  the  northerly  line  of  Main  street ;  thence 
by  a  line  at  right  angles  to  said  northerly  line  of  Main  street  70 
feet  to  its  intersection  with  the  southerly  line  of  Main  street ; 
thence  westerly  along  said  southerly  line  of  Main  street  about 
380  feet  to  its  intersection  with  the  northwesterly  line  of  Third 
street  produced  and  extended  southerly ;  thence  northeasterly 
along  said  extension  and  northwesterly  line  of  Third  street  about 
218  feet  to  its  intersection  with  the  northeasterly  line  of  Broad- 
way, at  the  point  of  beginning. 

Sin  it  Ji    Squaw. 

Beginning  at  a  point  in  the  northeasterly  line  of  Harvard 
street,  at  its  intersection  with  the  northwesterly  line  of  Sixth 


CHAP.  13.]       CONSTRUCTION,  ETC.,  OF  BUILDINGS.  03 

street ;  thence  southeasterly  along  said  line  of  Harvard  street 
about  224  feet  to  its  intersection  with  the  northerly  line  of  Main 
street ;  thence  southerly  by  a  line  at  right  angles  to  said  line  of 
Main  street  70  feet  to  its  intersection  with  the  southerly  line 
of  Main  street ;  thence  westerly  along  said  southerly  line  about 
223  feet ;  thence  northerly  by  a  line  at  right  angles  to  said 
southerly  line  about  120  feet  to  its  intersection  with  the  south- 
westerly line  of  Harvard  street ;  thence  northeasterly  by  a  line 
at  right  angles  to  said  southwesterly  line  of  Harvard  street  50 
feet  to  its  intersection  with  the  northeasterly  line  of  Harvard 
street  at  the  point  of  beginning. 

SECT.  131.     In  this  ordinance  a  building  of  the  first  class  shall   Buildings  of 
mean  and  be  a  building  of  non-inflammable  material  throughout,   Construction.' 
with  floors  constructed  of  iron  or  steel  beams  filled  in  between 
with  terra  cotta  or  other  masonry  arches,  except  that  wood  may 
be  used  for  under  and  upper  floors,  window  and  door  frames, 
sashes,  doors,   standing  finish,  hand  rails  for  stairs,  necessary 
sleepers    bedded    in    concrete    and    for    isolated    furring    blocks 
bedded  in  the  plaster.     There  shall   be  no  air  space  between 
the  top  of  any  floor  arches  and  the  floor  boarding,  and  no  air 
space  behind  any  woodwork. 

SECT.  132.     Every  building  hereafter  erected  over  seventy  feet   Buildings  of 
high  shall  be  a  first-class  building,  and  this  provision  shall  apply   Height, 
to  all  buildings  hereafter  increased  in  height  to  over  seventy 
feet.     Every  building  hereafter  erected  or  enlarged  as  a  hotel  Capacity, 
for  the  accommodation  of  guests  and  containing  more  than  fifty 
rooms  above  the  first  floor  shall  be  a  first-class  building. 

SECT.  133.     A  building  of  the  second  class  shall  mean  and  be  Buildings 
a  building  not  of  the  first  class,  the  external  and  party  walls  of  JJl^a  class. 
which  shall  be  of  brick,  stone,  iron  or  other  equally  substantial 
and  incombustible  material.     A  building  of  the  third  class  shall 
mean  and  include  only  the  following  structures  :  Wharves,  sheds    Buildings  of 
on  wharves,  not  exceeding  twenty-five  feet  in  height ;  sheds  not   the  third  clas8' 
exceeding   twenty-five  feet   in  height   to  be  used  and  occupied 
solely  for  market  purposes ;  temporary  structures  not  exceeding 
twenty -five  feet  in  height  erected  and  used  solely  to  facilitate  the 
erection  of  other  authorized  buildings  and  ,  structures  ;  grain  and 
coal  elevators ;   and  buildings  to  be  used  and  occupied  solely  for 
the  storage  of  coal,  grain,  and  lumber. 

SECT.  134.     All  the  external  parts  of  all  structures  included  in   Buildings  of 
the  third  class  of   buildings  in  the  fire  limits  shall  be  wholly  SSSj&gJ1*5 
covered    with   slate,  tile,  metal   or   other   equally   incombustible   andlocation- 
material,  and  the  mode  of  construction  and  location  of  all  such 
structures  shall  be  subject  to  and  conditional  upon  the  approval 
of  the  Superintendent. 


94  REVISED  ORDINANCES.  [CnAr.  13. 

Removal  of  SECT.    135.     No   wooden   building,  wall   or  structure  shall   be 

wooden  build- 

ings within  moved  from  place  to  place  on  the  same  lot  or  from  one  lot  to 
another  within  the  districts  described  in  section  one  hundred  and 
thirty  of  this  Ordinance  or  from  without  said  district  into  either 
of  the  same,  except  upon  a  license  from  the  superintendent. 

Ereetionor  SECT.  136.     Hereafter  within  the  districts  described  in  section 

alteration  of  . 

buildings  one  hundred  and  thirty  or  this  ordinance,  except  as  is  hereafter 

fire  limits.  provided,  no  building,  wall  or  structure  shall  be  erected  or  altered, 
and  no  building,  wall  or  structure,  damaged  by  fire  or  other  cas- 
ualty, shall  be  repaired  or  restored  to  its  former  condition,  and  no 
work  upon  or  in  the  erection  of  any  such  building,  wall  or  struct- 
ure which  impairs  the  strength  or  increases  the  fire  risk  of  any 
such  or  other  wall,  structure  or  building  shall  be  done,  except 
upon  a  license  from  the  superintendent  and  in  conformity  with 
the  provisions  of  this  ordinance. 

Provided,  however,  that  any  wooden  building  within  said  dis- 
tricts may  be  altered  or  repaired  in  the  manner  as  provided  in 
this  ordinance  in  the  construction  of  first  and  second-class  build- 
ings in  the  fire  limits,  and  as  may  be  approved  by  the  superin- 
tendent. 

Alteration  of          SECT.  137.     Within  the  aforesaid  districts,  except  as  is  pro- 

buildings  with-     ..,.,..»  -,.  ..  ,,  '      ,.  ,     • 

in  fire  limits,      vided  in  the  preceding  section,  any  alterations  made  in  a  struc- 

ture, shall  conform  to  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  for  a  new 
structure,  but  if  the  alteration  to  be  made  is  of  such  an  extent 
as  when  done,  in  the  opinion  of  the  superintendent,  to  practically 
produce  a  new  structure  or  impair  the  stability  or  increase  the 
fire  risk,  then  the  entire  structure  shall  be  made  to  conform  to 
the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  for  a  new  structure.  A  building 
damaged  by  fire  or  other  casualty  within  said  districts  may  be 
repaired  or  restored  so  as  to  conform  to  its  original  condition,  or 
may  be  reconstructed  in  certain  or  all  of  its  parts,  so  as  to  con- 
form to  the  requirements  of  this  ordinance  for  new  buildings,  as 
the  superintendent  may  specify  in  his  license. 
Partition  wails  SECT.  138.  Every  brick  building  hereafter  erected  more  than 

in  brick  build-      „  „  .  _  .  in  •,  -,-      -,      -i  -,• 

ings.  fiity  ieet  m  width,  except  scnoolnouses,  public  buildings,  dormi- 


tories of  the  first  and  second  class,  hotels,  railroad  stations  and 
stables,  shall  have  one  or  more  brick  or  stone  partition  walls  run- 
ning from  front  to  rear  and  carried  up  to  the  full  height  of  the 
building  ;  said  walls  may  be  four  inches  less  in  thickness  than 
is  called  for  by  the  provision  hereinbefore  made  relating  to  the 
thickness  of  external  walls  for  a  brick  building,  unless  the  wall 
is  used  for  a  floor-bearing  wall,  in  which  case  said  walls  shall 
be  of  the  same  thickness  as  is  hereinbefore  required  for  external 
walls  of  brick  buildings.  These  walls  shall  be  so  located  that 
the  space  between  any  two  of  the  floor-bearing  walls  of  the 
building  shall  be  not  over  fifty  feet. 


(•MAI-.  13.]        CONSTRUCTION,  ETC.,  OF  BUILDINGS.  9r> 

SK<T.   Io9.     No  alteration  or    repairs   shall   be  made  on    any   Alteration, 
third-class  building  within  the  building  fire  limits  without  a  per-  class  buildings 
mit  from  the  superintendent,  and  no  permit  to  increase  the  height   limits, 
or  area  of  any  such  building  shall  be  granted.     No  permit  for 
the  alteration  or  repair  of  a  third-class  building  within  the  fire 
limits   shall  be  granted   if  the   amount   of  the   outlay  proposed 
exceeds  fifty  per  cent  of  the  cost  of  renewing  the  building ;  pro- 
viding that  within  the  district  the  superintendent  may  issue  a 
license  for  raising  buildings  for  the  purpose  of  building  under- 
pinning and  foundation  where  increased  height  will  not  exceed 
three  feet. 

SECT.  140.     In  this  ordinance  the  following  terms  shall  have   Definition  of 
the  meanings  respectively  assigned  to  them : 

"  Alteration  "  means  any  change  or  addition. 

"  Apartment  house "  means  a  house  divided  up  into  set  or 
suites  of  rooms. 

"  Cellar  or  basement ''  means  the  space  or  spaces  below  the 
level  of  the  bottom  of  floor  timbers  of  the  first  story. 

"  Chimney  "  shall  apply  to  any  permanent  or  fixed  flues  or  pas- 
sages built  into  any  building  for  conveying  away  the  products  of 
combustion  from  furnaces,  stoves,  ranges  or  fireplaces. 

"  External  wall "  shall  apply  to  that  part  of  the  outer  wall  of 
a  building  other  than  a  party  wall,  above  and  other  than  the 
foundation  wall. 

"  Foundation  wall "  means  that  portion  of  wall  below  the  level 
of  the  street  curb,  and,  where  the  wall  is  not  on  a  street,  that 
portion  of  the  wall  below  the  level  of  the  highest  ground  next 
to  the  wall,  but,  if  under  party  or  partition  walls,  may  be  con- 
strued by  the  superintendent  to  mean  that  portion  below  the 
cellar  floor. 

"  Family  hotel "  means  a  hotel  arranged  more  especially  for 
the  convenience  and  comfort  of  families. 

"  Height  of  a  building "  means  the  vertical  distance  of  the 
highest  point  of  the  roof  above  the  highest  grade  of  the  street  or 
ground  at  the  principal  point  of  the  building,  provided  said  grade 
of  the  ground  is  not  below  the  grade  of  the  street  at  said  point. 

"  Lodging  house  "  means  a  building  in  which  persons  are  accom- 
modated with  sleeping  apartments,  and  includes  hotels  and  apart- 
ment houses  where  cooking  is  not  done  in  the  several  apartments. 

"  Party  wall "  means  every  wall  used,  or  built  in  order  to  be 
used,  as  a  separation  of  two  or  more  buildings. 

"  Partition  wall "  means  any  interior  wall  of  masonry  in  a 
building. 

"  Public  building  "  means  any  building  or  premises  used  as  a 
place  of  public  entertainment,  institution,  resort  or  assemblage. 


Otf  REVISED  ORDINANCES.  [CHAP.  i:?. 

"  Repairs  "  means  the  reconstruction  or  renewal  of  any  existing 
part  of  a  building,  or  of  its  fixtures  or  appurtenances,  by  which 
the  strength  or  fire  risk  is  not  affected  or  modified,  and  not  made, 
in  the  opinion  of  the  superintendent,  for  the  purpose  of  convert- 
ing the  building  in  whole  or  in  part  to  a  new  one. 

"  Schoolhouse  "  means  any  building  or  premises  in  which  public 
or  private  instruction  is  afforded  for  not  less  than  ten  pupils  at 
one  time. 

"  Story  of  a  building  "  means  the  space  between  the  level  of 
the  bottom  of  the  floor  timbers  to  the  level  of  the  bottom  of  the 
floor  timbers  next  above  or  below,  and  are  numbered  first,  second 
and  so  on,  starting  from  the  street  grade. 

"Superintendent"  wherever  used  in  this  ordinance  shall  be 
construed  to  mean  superintendent  of  public  buildings. 

"  Tenement  house  "  means  a  building  which,  or  any  portion  of 
which,  is  occupied  or  intended  to  be  occupied  as  a  dwelling  by 
more  than  three  families  living  independently  of  one  another  and 
doing  their  cooking  upon  the  premises. 

"  Theatre  "  means  a  building  or  portion  of  a  building  in  which 
it  is  designed  to  make  a  business  of  the  presentation  of  dramatic, 
operatic  or  other  performances  or  shows  for  the  entertainment  of 
spectators,  and  having  a  permanent  stage  for  said  performances 
which  can  be  used  for  scenery  and  other  stage  appliances. 

"  Thickness  of  a  wall "  means  minimum  thickness  of  such  wall. 

Plumbers  shall        SECT.  141.     No  person  shall  engage  in  or  work  at  the  business 

of  plumbing  in  this  city  either  as  a  master  or  employing  plumber 

or  as  a  journeyman  plumber  unless  he  shall  have  first  personally 

registered  his  name  and  place  of  business  in  the  office  of  the 

superintendent  and  shall  have  received  a  license  or  certificate 

in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance. 

Notice  of  Notice  of  any  change  in  the  place  of  business  of  a  registered 

plumber  shall  be  immediately  given  to  the  superintendent. 
Definition  The  words  "  practical  plumber "   as  used   in   this    ordinance 

plumber.  means  a  person  who  has  learned  the  business  of  plumbing  by 

working  for  at  least  two  years  either  as  an  apprentice  or  under 
an  agreement  for  instruction,  and  who  has  then  worked  for  at 
least  one  year  as  a  first-class  journeyman  plumber. 

Journeyman.          The  word  "journeyman'''  as  used  in  this  ordinance,  means  one 
who  personally  does  any  work  in  plumbing  which  is  subject  to 
inspection  under  this  ordinance. 
Master,  or  SECT.   142.     Everv  master  or  employing  plumber  and  every 

employing  J  J     .&  J£ 

plumber,  etc.,     journeyman  plumber  engaged  in  or  working  at  the  business  of 

registered.         plumbing  in  this  commonwealth  prior  to  the  tenth  day  of  July, 

1893,  desiring  and  before  proceeding  to  engage  in  or  work  at  said 

business  in  this  city,  either  as  a  master  or  employing  plumber  or 


CHAP.  13.]         CONSTRUCTION,  ETC.,  OF  BUILDINGS.  97 

as  a  journeyman  plumber,  shall  personally  register  his  name  and 
address  at  the  office  of  the  superintendent  and  shall  state,  after 
being  sworn,  where  and  how  long  he  has  been  engaged  in  or  has 
worked  at  said  business,  and  whether  as  a  master  or  employing 
plumber  or  as  a  journeyman  plumber. 

The  superintendent,  if  satisfied  that  the  person  so  registered  Superintend- 
was  actually  engaged  in  or  working  at  said  business  prior  to  said  certificate, 
date,  shall  thereupon  issue  to  him  a  certificate  setting  forth  that 
he  was  engaged  in  or  working  at  the  business  of  plumbing  either 
as  a  master  or  employing  plumber  or  as  a  journeyman  plumber  as 
the  case  may  be,  prior  to  the  tenth  day  of  July,  1893,  and  author- 
izing him  to  engage  in  or  work  at  said  business  either  as  a  master 
or  employing  plumber,  or  as  a  journeyman  plumber. 

SKCT.  143.  Any  person  not  engaged  in  or  working  at  the  Examination 
business  of  plumbing  prior  to  the  tenth  day  of  July,  1893,  and 
desiring  to  engage  in  or  work  at  the  business  of  plumbing,  either 
as  a  master  or  employing  plumber  or  as  a  journeyman  plumber 
in  this  city,  shall  apply  to  the  superintendent,  and  shall,  at  such 
time  and  place  as  may  be  designated  by  the  board  of  examiners 
hereinafter  provided  for,  to  whom  such  application  shall  be 
referred,  be  examine .1  as  to  his  qualifications  for  such  business. 

SECT.  144.     In  the  case  of  a  firm  or  corporation,  the  examina-  Examination 

in  case  of  a 

tion  and  licensing  of  any  one  member  of  the  firm  or  the  man-  firm  or 

corporation, 
ager  of  the   corporation   shall   satisfy  the  requirements  of  this 

ordinance. 

SECT.  145.     There  shall  bev  in  this  city  a  board  of  examiners  B°ard  of 

examiners  of 

of  plumbers,  consisting  of  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  health  plumbers. 
and  the  superintendent,  who  shall  be  members  ex  officio  of  said 
board,  and  serve  without  compensation,  and  a  third  member,  who 
shall  be  a  practical  plumber  of  at  least  five  years'  continued 
practical  experience  either  as  a  master  or  as  a  journeyman  dur- 
ing the  years  next  preceding  the  date  of  appointment.  Said 
third  member  shall  be  appointed  by  the  board  of  health  for 
the  term  of  one  year  from  the  first  day  of  May  in  the  year 
of  appointment,  and  thereafter  annually  before  the  first  day  of 
June,  and  shall  be  allowed  a  sum  not  exceeding  five  dollars  for 
each  day  of  actual  service,  to  be  paid  from  the  city  treasury. 

SECT.  146.     Said  board  of  examiners  shall  as  soon  as  may  be  Organization 
after  the  appointment  of  said  third  member,  meet  and  organize   examiners, 
by  the  selection  of  a  chairman,  and  shall  then  designate  the 
times  and  places  for  the  examination  of  all  applicants  desiring 
to  engage  in  or  work  at  the  business  of  plumbing.     Said  board   Examination 
shall  examine  said  applicants  as  to  their  practical  knowledge  of 
plumbing,  house  drainage  and  plumbing  ventilation,  and  if  satis- 
fied of  the  competency  of  the  applicant,  shall  so  certify  to  the 


98 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  13. 


"License  for 
master  or 
employing 
plumber. 


Inspectors  of 
plumbing. 


Duties. 


Permit 
required 
before  work 
can  be  done. 


Pipes,  etc., 
lor  waste 
water. 


Sewage  to  be 
conducted  into 
common 
sewer. 


superintendent,  who  shall  thereupon  issue  a  license  to  such 
applicant,  authorizing  him  to  engage  in  or  work  at  the  business 
of  plumbing,  either  as  master  or  employing  plumber,  or  as  a 
journeyman  plumber.  The  fee  for  a  license  for  a  master  or 
employing  plumber  shall  be  two  dollars ;  for  a  journeyman 
plumber  it  shall  be  fifty  cents.  Said  licenses  shall  be  renewed 
annually  upon  the  payment  of  a  fee  of  fifty  cents.  A  license 
issued  by  a  board  of  health  or  superintendent  having  competent 
jurisdiction  in  some  other  locality  within  the  commonwealth, 
may  be  renewed  by  the  superintendent  in  case  the  person,  firm 
or  corporation  to  whom  the  license  was  issued  removes  from  such 
jurisdiction  and  desires  to  engage  in  or  work  at  the  business  of 
plumbing  in  this  city. 

SECT.  147.  The  superintendent  shall  appoint  one  or  more 
inspectors  of  plumbing,  who  shall  be  practical  plumbers  of  at 
least  five  }^ears'  continued  practical  experience  either  as  masters 
or  as  journeymen  during  the  years  next  preceding  the  date  of 
appointment,  and  who  shall  hold  office  until  removed  by  said 
superintendent  for  cause  which  must  be  shown.  All  such  in- 
spectors shall  before  appointment  be  subjected  to  an  examina- 
tion before  the  civil  service  commission.  Said  inspectors  shall, 
under  the  direction  of  the  superintendent,  inspect  all  plumbing 
work  for  which  permits  are  hereafter  granted,  in  process  of  con- 
struction, alteration  or  repair ;  and  shall  report  to  said  superin- 
tendent all  violations  of  any  law,  ordinance  or  by-law  relating  to 
plumbing  work,  and  also  perform  such  other  appropriate  duties 
as  may  be  required  by  the  superintendent. 

SECT.  148.  No  plumbing  work  shall  be  done  except  in  the 
case  of  repair  of  leaks,  without  a  permit  being  first  issued  therefor 
and  approval  of  the  same  by  the  superintendent,  and  no  such 
permit  shall  be  issued  unless  and  until  the  person,  firm  or  cor- 
poration proposing  to  do  the  work  shall  file  in  the  office  of  the 
superintendent  upon  blanks  provided  for  the  purpose,  a  notice 
and  a  particular  description  of  the  work  to  be  performed. 

SECT.  149.  No  pipes,  tanks,  faucets,  valves  or  other  fixtures 
by  and  through  which  waste  water  or  sewage  is  used  and  carried, 
shall  be  placed  in  any  building  in  the  city  except  in  accordance 
with  plans  which  shall  be  approved  by  the  superintendent. 

SECT.  150.  The  owner  of  .every  building  shall  have  its  sewage 
conducted  into  and  separately  and  independently  connected  with 
a  common  sewer  whenever  there  is  a  common  sewer  near  by  in 
the  street  adjoining  the  premises  upon  which  such  building 
stands,  or  with  a  proper  and  sufficient  drain  connected  thereto 
outside  of  the  building,  and  if  there  is  no  such  sewer  accessible, 
into  a  proper  cesspool.  And  whenever  in  the  opinion  of  the 


CHAP.  13.]         CONSTRUCTION,  ETC.,  OF  BUILDINGS.  99 

board  of  health  it  may  be  necessary  as  a  health  measure,  upon 
its  order,  any  drain  and  any  connection  with  a  common  sewer, 
and  any  cesspool  shall  be  reconstructed  by  such  owner  at  his 
expense. 

SECT.   151.     Such  portions  of  house  drains  as  are  outside  of   House  drains 

to  be  of  iron. 

buildings,  and  are  at  a  distance  more  than  five  feet  beyond  the 
foundation  walls  shall  be  constructed  of  iron  or  vitrified  drain 
pipe. 

SECT.  152.     Such  portions  of  house  drains  and  connecting  ven-  House  drains 

. .,    . .  .  .,,  .      ,      .,,.  and  ventilating 

tilatmg  pipes  as  are  within  buildings,  and  also  such  portions  as   pipes  to  be  of 
pass  through  the  walls  and  for  a  distance  therefrom  of  at  least 
five  feet  shall  be  constructed  of  extra  heavy  cast-iron  pipe,  of 
the  following  weights  : 

2  inches,    51  pounds. 

3  inches,    9^  pounds. 

4  inches,  13    pounds. 

5  inches,  17    pounds. 

6  inches,  20    pounds. 
8  inches,  33^  pounds. 

10  inches,  45    pounds. 
12  inches,  54    pounds. 

Lead  pipes  may  be  used,  however,  for  the  connections  of  wash   Lead  pipes, 
bowls  and  bath  tub  wastes. 

SECT.  153.     Drain  and  connecting  ventilating  pipes  shall  be  of  Drain  and 
sufficient  size,  and  shall  be  properly  secured  by  irons  to  walls,  or  ventuatinf 
laid  in  trenches  to  uniform  grade,  or  suspended  to  floor  timbers  P 
by  strong  iron  hangers.     Every  drain  pipe  shall  be  provided  with 
a  running  trap  of  a  size  not  less  than  the  internal  diameter  of 
the  drain  with  heavy  brass  clean-outs  and  a  "  Y "  branch  with 
heavy  brass  clean-out  on  the  sewer  side  of  the  trap,  and  shall 
have  a  proper  fall.     Drain  pipes  shall  be  carried  above  the  roof, 
open  and  undiminished  in  size,  and  in  a  sufficient  height,  not  less 
than  two  feet  above  the  roof,  and  not  less  than  five  feet  above 
the  top  of  any  window  within  fifteen  feet.     Changes  in  direction  Curved  pipes 
shall  be  made  with  curved  pipes,  and  all  connections  with  hori-  connections, 
zontal  or  vertical  pipes   shall  be  made  with  Y  branches.     All 
drain  pipes  and  other  fixtures  shall  be  exposed  to  sight  where 
practicable,  within  the  building,  and  shall  not  be  exposad  to  pres- 
sure where  they  pass  through  walls.     Such  pipes  and  other  fix- 
tures shall  not  be  covered  or  concealed  from  view  until  approved 
by  the  superintendent,  who  shall  examine  the  same  within  two 
working  days  after  notice  that  they  are  ready  for  inspection. 

SECT.  154.     Joints  in  iron  soil  pipes,  drain  and  waste  pipes  Joints  in 
shall  be   oakum  packed,  thoroughly  calked   with  moulten  lead 


100 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  13 


Waste  pipes. 


Traps, 


Air  pipes. 


Chimney  or 
hot  flue  not  to 
be  used  as 
ventilator. 


Vent  pipes. 


Bow  vents. 


Capacity  of 
tank  supplying 
water. 


and  made  tight.  Joints  in  lead  pipes  shall  be  wiped  solder 
joints  unless  otherwise  permitted  by  the  superintendent.  Con- 
nections of  iron  and  lead  pipes  shall  be  by  means  of  brass  calk- 
ing nipples,  and  the  lead  shall  be  jointed  to  the  brass  by  wiped 
joints,  and  the  nipple  shall  be  securely  calked  into  the  iron  pipe 
or  fitting.  Wiped  »'«  cup  "  joints  shall  not  be  deemed  wiped  joints 
within  the  meaning  of  this  section. 

SECT.  155.  The  waste  pipe  of  each  and  every  sink,  basin,  bath 
tub,  urinal,  water-closet,  slop-hopper,  and  of  each  set  of  trays 
or  other  fixtures,  shall  be  furnished  with  a  separate  trap,  which 
shall  be  placed  within  one  foot  of  the  fixtures  served,  except  as 
hereinafter  provided.  One  trap  shall  be  permitted  to  serve  for 
one  set  of  wash  trays  and  a  sink,  or  one  bath  tub  and  a  wash 
bowl,  provided  that  the  distance  between  the  outlets  of  said  fix- 
tures is  not  greater  than  two  feet,  and  the  diameter  of  the  trap 
is  not  less  than  four  inches.  Traps  shall  be  protected  from 
siphonage  or  air  pressure  by  special  cast  iron  pipes  of  a  size 
not  less  than  the  waste  pipes  they  serve  placed  outside  or  below 
the  trap.  Lead  or  galvanized  wrought  iron  air  pipes  not  less 
than  one  and  one-half  inches  may  be  used  only  when  they  are 
exposed  to  view.  Air  pipes  for  water-closet  traps  shall  be  of 
two-inch  bore,  if  thirty  feet  or  less  in  length,  and  of  three-inch 
bore,  if  more  than  thirty  feet  in  length.  Air  pipes  shall  be  run 
as  direct  as  practicable.  Two  or  more  air  pipes  may  be  connected 
together  with  a  drain  pipe,  but  in  every  case  of  connection  with 
a  drain  pipe  such  connection  shall  be  above  the  upper  fixtures  of 
the  building. 

SECT.  156.  No  chimney  or  hot  flue  or  shaft  constructed  of 
sheet  iron,  brick  or  cement  shall  be  used  as  a  ventilator  for  a 
trap  or  drain  pipe.  Vent  pipes  shall  be  constructed  of  the  same 
material,  and  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the  ordinance 
governing  the  construction  of  drain  pipes,  and  no  vent  pipe  shall 
be  constructed  or  placed  in  such  manner  that  it  may  become 
trapped  or  filled  by  water  from  condensation  or  otherwise. 

Bow  vents  shall  be  constructed  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  super- 
intendent. The  continuation  of  a  soil  pipe  stack  past  an  upper 
water-closet  or  any  single  isolated  fixture  shall  be  deemed  to  be 
trap  ventilation  if  said  fixture  is  within  two  feet  of  ventilation 
pipe  stack. 

SECT.  157.  Each  water-closet  and  every  line  of  water-closets 
on  the  same  floor  shall  be  supplied  with  water  from  a  tank  or 
cistern  of  a  capacity  not  less  than  four  gallons  to  each  closet. 
This  requirement  shall  not  apply  to  water-closets  substituted  for 
privy  vaults  where  they  are  outside  of  buildings,  but  such  water- 
closets  may  receive  their  supply  directly  from  the  main,  with 


CHAP.  13]         CONSTRUCTION",  ETC.,  OF  BUILDINGS.  101 

such  fixtures  as  may  be  approved  by  the  superintendent  and  the 
water  board  and  board  of  health.  No  pan-closet  shall  be  per- 
mitted, and  no  sluice  vault  or  water-closet  constructed  of  brick, 
cement  or  stone. 

SECT.   158.     Each  water-closet   and  urinal  in  a  new  building   Water  closet 

to  be  locally 
other  than  a  stable  or  building  used  for  storage  purposes,  shall  Jjg*^  into  hot 

be  locally  vented  into  a  hot  chimney  or  flue  when  deemed  prac- 
ticable by  the  superintendent. 

SECT.   159.     Drip   or   overflow  pipes  from  safes  under  water-  Overflow 

pipes,  etc.,  not 
closets  and  other  fixtures  or  from  tanks  or  cisterns,  waste  pipes   to  connect  with 

r  ^         drain. 

from  refrigerators  or  other  receptacles  where  food  is  stored,  shall 
not  be  connected  with  a  drain,  sewer  pipe,  soil  pipe  or  other 
waste  pipe,  and  shall  be  run  to  some  place  in  open  sight. 

SHOT.  160.     No  steam  exhaust  pipe  shall  be  connected  with  a  steam  exhaust 

pipe, 
drain  or  sewer  pipe,  soil   pipe  or  other  waste  pipe  unless  the 

exhaust  pipe  shall  be  provided  with  a  sufficient  condenser,  and 
unless  the  exhaust  pipe  connects  with  such  drain  or  sewer  pipe, 
soil  pipe  or  other  waste  pipe  at  a  point  between  the  running  trap, 
required  by  section  one  hundred  and  fifty-two,  and  the  sewer  or 
cesspool. 

SECT.  161.     Water  pipes  in  exposed  places  shall  be  properly   ^^fros? 
protected  from  frost. 

SECT.  102.  Each  drain  water  leader  connected  with  soil  or  Drain  water 
drain  pipes,  or  a  sewer  shall  be  separately  trapped,  and  every 
portion  thereof  within  a  building  and  every  portion  which  passes 
through  the  wall  and  for  a  distance  therefrom  of  at  least  one 
foot,  shall  be  constructed  of  the  same  material  and  in  the  same 
manner  as  other  drain  pipes.  They  shall  in  no  event  be  used  to 
drain  other  than  rain  water.  Leader  traps  shall  be  provided  with  Leader  traps, 
heavy  brass  clean-outs.  The  main  soil  pipe  stack  may  be  used 
as  a  rain-water  leader,  provided  it  has  a  copper  collar  with  a  brass 
nipple  soldered  on  and  caulked  to  the  iron  pipe  or  fittings  with 
oakum  and  molten  lead,  provided  the  ventilation  pipes  are  carried 
independently  through  the  roof  and  increased  to  three  inches  at 
this  point. 

SECT.  163.     No  cellar  bottom  or  area  shall  be  connected  with  Cellar  bottom 

not  to  connect 

a  public  sewer  only  under  such  conditions  as  the  superintendent   with  sewer, 
shall  in  each  particular  case  provide. 

SECT.  164.  All  drainage  and  ventilation  pipes  together  with  Water  test, 
waste  and  ventilation  lead  branches,  shall  be  given  the  water 
test,  by  the  plumber  in  the  presence  of  and  approval  in  writing 
by  an  inspector  of  plumbing,  and  all  leaking  or  otherwise  defec- 
tive work  removed  or  repaired.  Twenty-four  hours'  notice  that 
the  work  is  ready  for  test  shall  be  sent  to  the  office  of  the 
superintendent. 


102 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  13. 


Repairs  to  be 
submitted  to 
water  test.? 


Pipes,  etc.,  to 
be  inspected. 


Grease  pipe. 


Penalty. 


Revocation 
of  license. 


Journeyman 
plumber. 


Inspector  of 
plumbing. 


Penalty. 


Continuation 
previously 
existing 
ordinances. 


SECT.  165.  Repairs  upon  soil  or  vent  pipes  consequent  upon 
damage  from  fire,  removal  or  other  cause,  shall,  in  the  discretion 
of  the  superintendent,  be  submitted  to  the  water  test. 

SECT.  166.  When  the  pipes,  traps,  local  vents,  etc.,  are  in 
position  and  the  work  sufficiently  advanced  for  inspection  the 
plumber  will  so  notify  the  superintendent,  giving  twenty-four 
hours'  written  notice,  and  no  work  shall  be  covered  until  the 
same  is  approved  by  an  inspector  of  plumbing.  All  defective 
or  work  otherwise  not  in  accordance  with  the  city  ordinances 
shall  be  removed. 

SECT.  167.  A  grease  trap  shall  be  constructed  under  the  sink 
of  every  hotel,  eating  house,  restaurant  or  other  public  cooking 
establishment,  so  as  to  be  easily  accessible  for  inspection  and 
cleaning. 

SECT.  168.  Any  person  violating  any  provision  in  the  next 
twenty-seven  preceding  sections  of  this  ordinance  relative  to 
plumbing  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars 
for  each  and  every  violation  thereof. 

SECT.  169.  The  superintendent  may  also  revoke  the  license 
of  any  person  issued  under  this  ordinance  for  any  such  violation, 
and  may  also  forbid  any  person  violating  any  provision  of  this 
ordinance  and  holding  a  license  under  the  same,  or  from  any 
other  city  or  town,  to  engage  in  or  work  at  the  business  of 
plumbing  in  this  city  for  a  period  not  exceeding  one  year.  Any 
person  engaging  in  or  working  at  the  business  of  plumbing  after 
and  while  he  has  been  forbidden  so  to  do  under  this  section  shall 
be  subject  to  a  fine  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars  for  every 
such  offence. 

SECT.  170.  The  next  twenty -nine  preceding  sections  of  this 
ordinance  relative  to  plumbing  shall  apply  to  all  persons  who 
are  now  or  may  be  hereafter  learning  the  business  of  plumbing 
when  they  are  sent  out  to  do  the  work  of  a  journeyman  plumber. 

SECT.  171.  Any  person  now  holding  an  appointment  as  in- 
spector of  plumbing  may  retain  his  position,  and  without  further 
examination  be  deemed  to  have  been  appointed  under  this 
ordinance. 

SECT.  172.  Except  in  cases  in  which  other  provisions  are 
made  herein  or  by  statutes,  any  person  violating  any  provision  of 
this  ordinance  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  one 
hundred  dollars  for  each  and  every  such  offence. 

SECT.  173.  This  ordinance,  in  so  far  as  its  provisions  are  the 
same  in  effect  as  those  of  previously  existing  ordinances,  shall 
be  construed  as  a  continuation  of  those  ordinances ;  it  shall  not 
affect  any  act  done,  any  right  accruing,  any  penalty  incurred, 
any  suit,  prosecution  or  proceeding  pending,  or  the  tenure  of 


CH*AP.  13.]         CONSTRUCTION,  ETC.,  OF  BUILDINGS.  103 

office  of  any  person  holding  office  at  the  time  when  it  takes 
effect ;  but,  subject  to  the  aforesaid  limitations,  chapter  thirteen 
of  the  revised  ordinances  of  1892,  all  ordinances  amendatory 
thereof  and  supplementary  thereto ;  the  ordinances  relating  to 
fire  limits  and  to  the  construction  of  buildings  therein,  approved 
respectively  Dec.  5,  1894,  June  21,  1895,  and  Sept.  25,  1895,  all 
ordinances  amendatory  thereof  and  supplementary  thereto  ;  an 
ordinance  relating  to  plumbing  approved  Nov.  23,  1893,  all 
ordinances  amendatory  thereof  and  supplementary  thereto  ;  are 
all  hereby  repealed. 


104 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  14. 


City 
Electrician. 


Duties. 

1890,  c.  404,  §  3. 

1889,  c.  398. 


Inspection  of 
wires,  attach- 
ments, etc. 


Affixing  of 

tags,  marks, 

etc. 

1899,  c.  320. 


1889,  c.  398. 

1890,  c.  404,  §  3. 


Wires  to  be 
suitable  and 
strong. 

1890,c.  404.  §1,3. 
1895,0.228,  §1,2. 


CHAPTER  14. 

CITY    ELECTRICAL    DEPARTMENT. 

SECTION  1.  The  city  electrical  department  shall  be  under  the 
charge  of  the  city  electrician. 

SECT.  2.  The  city  electrician  shall  have  supervision  of  every 
wire  over,  upon,  through  or  under  all  streets  and  over  buildings 
throughout  the  city ;  every  wire  within  a  building  when  such 
wire  is  designed  to  carry  an  electric  light  or  power  current ;  also 
of  wires  for  the  transmission  of  electricity  for  the  purpose  of 
heating  or  power ;  of  all  poles,  conduits  and  other  structures 
holding,  supporting  or  containing  such  wires  in  streets  and  pub- 
lic places,  except  parks,  commons,  bridges  or  other  public  reserva- 
tions. He  shall  inspect  the  condition  of  all  poles,  wires,  con- 
duits and  cables,  their  attachments,  insulations,  supports  and 
appliances. 

SECT.  3.  He  shall  require  every  person  or  corporation  using, 
operating,  or  maintaining  such  fixtures  to  affix  at  the  points  of 
support,  or  to  a  suitable  cross-arm  at  or  to  which  any  such  wires 
or  cables  containing  wires  are  attached,  a  tag  or  mark  distinctly 
designating  the  owner  or  user  of  such  poles,  wires  or  cables 
except  that  any  such  tag  or  mark  shall  not  be  required  for  the 
poles,  wires  or  cables  of  a  street  railway  company  used  for  the 
transmission  of  its  motive  power,  nor  used  for  the  protection  or 
support  of  such  wires.  Whenever  any  such  poles,  structures, 
attachments,  insulations,  supports  or  appliances  are  unsuitable  or 
unsafe,  or  the  tags  or  marks  thereof  are  insufficient  or  illegible, 
he  shall  order  any  such  person  or  corporation  owning  or  operat- 
ing the  same  to  replace  them  with  suitable  and  safe  poles,  struc- 
tures, attachments,  insulations,  supports  or  appliances ;  to  repair 
or  remove  any  wire  abandoned  for  use ;  every  wire  which  shall 
be  unprovided  with  a  tag  or  mark,  and  every  post,  structure  or 
other  appliance  not  so  provided ;  and  if  not  replaced,  repaired  or 
removed  forthwith,  he  shall  thereupon  proceed  to  replace,  remove 
or  repair  the  same  at  the  expense  of  the  owner  thereof. 

SECT.  4.  He  shall  require  every  person  or  corporation  owning 
or  operating  a  line  of  wires  over,  upon,  through  or  under  any 
streets  or  over  any  buildings  throughout  the  city,  to  use  only 
such  wires  as  are  suitable  and  strong ;  shall  require  such  wires 
to  be  suitably  and  safely  attached  to  strong  and  sufficient  poles 
properly  painted  and  insulated  at  all  points  of  attachment ;  and 


CHAP.  14.]  CITY  ELECTRICAL  DEPARTMENT.  105 

when  a  wire  enters  a  building,  and  if  such  wire  is  other  than  a 

wire  designed  to  carry  an  electric  light  or  power  current,  shall 

cause  to  be  attached  to  it  at  suitable  and  convenient  points  in  1890,  c.  404,  §  i, 

the  circuit  calculating  to  prevent  danger  from  fire,  and  near  the 

place  of  entering  a  building,  an  appliance  calculated  to  prevent 

at  all  times  a  current  of  electricity  of  such  intensity  or  volume 

as  to  be  capable  of  injuring  electrical  instruments  or  causing  fire 

to  enter  the  building  by  means  of  such  wire,  beyond  the  point  at 

which  such  appliance  is  attached,  and  shall  cause  to  be  suitably 

insulated  every  wire  within  a  building  when  such  wire  is  designed 

to  carry  an  electric  light  or  power  current. 

SECT.  5.     In  case  of  fire,  or  whenever  the  maintenance  of  any   Electric 

current  to  be 

wire  or  wires  may  be  a  menace  to  life  or  property,  he  shall  have   shut  off. 
authority  to  direct  any  corporation  or  person  owning,  leasing,  Wire8tobecut 
operating  or  maintaining  any  wire  or  wires,  to  shut  off  the  elec-  e"ccase  of  fire' 
trie  current  therefrom  for  such  a  period  of  time  as  he  may  deem 
to  be  necessary,  or  to  cause  said  wire  or  wires  to  be  cut  or  removed 
without  notice,  and  such  wire  or  wires  shall  not  be  connected 
again  or  replaced  without  his  approval. 

SECT.  6.     He  shall  inspect  the  construction,  location  and  insu-  wires  in  buiid- 
lation  of  wires  designed  to  carry  electric  light,  heat  or  power   oTcVnsKS68 
current  in  buildings  in  process  of  construction  or  repair  within 
the  limits  of  the  city  and  the  connection  of  said  wires  with  any 
electrical  circuit.     He  shall  see  that  all  laws,  orders,  ordinances   Enforcement 
and  regulations  relative  to  wires  and  conduits,  and  pole  or  conduit 
locations,  are  strictly  enforced. 

SECT.  7.     He  shall  have  supervision  of  the  fire  alarm  telegraph,   supervision  of 

.    .      ,  -,  municipal  sys- 

the  police  signal  system,  and  all  other  electrical  wires  and  wire  tems,  purchase 

,     .  ,  ,.       and  erection  of 

systems  now  or  hereafter  owned  by  the  city,  except  in  public  appliances. 
parks,  bridges  or  other  public  reservations.  He  shall  purchase 
wires,  apparatus  and  machinery  and  all  property  and  appliances 
connected  with  the  fire  alarm,  police  signal  and  lamp  systems, 
which  may  be  under  his  care  and  control,  shall  keep  the  same  at 
all  times  in  good  working  order,  and  shall  erect,  or  cause  to  be 
erected,  all  electrical  wires  and  appliances  used  in  connection 
with  said  several  systems  and  all  electrical  wires  or  lines  owned 
by  the  city,  except  such  wires  or  lines  as  may  be  under  the  care 
of  the  bridge,  park  or  water  works  departments. 

SECT.  8.  He  shall  have  the  care  and  oversight  of  all  street  street  lamps, 
lamps  and  the  fixtures  thereof  throughout  the  city,  and  the  erec- 
tion of  posts,  lamps  and  fixtures  connected  and  used  with  the 
same,  except  such  lamps  as  may  be  located  on  bridges  or  in  parks 
or  other  public  reservations;  shall  contract  for  all  materials, 
superintend  the  putting  up  of  all  posts,  lamps  and  fixtures 
located  by  the  city  council ;  shall  contract  for  all  lights  under  Contract  for 

J  J  lighting,  etc. 


106 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CiiAP.  14. 


Annual  report. 


Electric 
meters. 


Examinations 
and  tests. 


Placing,  insu- 
lation, etc.,  of 
wires. 


Quality  of 
appliances,  etc. 


Attachment  of 
wires  to  poles. 


his  control ;  shall  keep  an  accurate  account  of  the  number  of 
lamps  which  burn  gas,  or  other  material,  the  cost  of  same,  the 
number  of  men  employed,  the  wages  given,  the  kind,  quality 
and  cost  of  fixtures,  the  number  of  electric  lights  and  the 
cost  and  the  outages  of  the  same,  and  all  other  expenses  incurred 
in  his  department.  He  shall  annually,  in  the  month  of  Decem- 
ber, present  to  the  city  council  a  report  showing  the  detailed 
expenses,  the  value  of  the  property  on  hand,  the  number,  kind, 
quality  and  cost  of  lights  used  by  the  city,  the  outages  of  the 
same,  and  such  other  material  facts  as  relate  to  the  operation  of 
his  department. 

SECT.  9.  He  shall  see  that  all  meters  for  gas  or  electricity  fur- 
nished to  the  city,  other  than  to  the  bridge,  park  and  water 
works  departments,  are  in  proper  condition,  and  as  often  as  may 
be  necessary  shall  test  the  power  of  all  lights  furnished  to  the 
city,  except  to  said  bridge,  park  or  water  works  departments ; 
and  shall  see  to  it  that  in  all  particulars,  the  provisions  of  any 
contracts  made  are  strictly  performed. 

He  shall  make  such  examinations  and  tests,  impart  such  infor- 
mation, and  render  such  assistance  as  may  be  in  his  power  to  the 
bridge,  park  and  water  works  departments  whenever  requested 
by  said  departments. 

SECT.  10.  All  wires,  appliances  and  apparatus  in  the  interior 
of  buildings  or  on  private  premises  which  are  intended  for  the 
transmission  of  electricity  and  whether  or  not  connected  with 
an  outside  circuit  shall  be  properly  and  safely  constructed, 
placed,  arranged,  attached,  insulated,  covered,  changed  and 
maintained  by  the  person  or  corporation  using  the  same.  Such 
person  or  corporation  shall  allow  the  city  electrictian  at  all 
reasonable  times  free  access  to  such  wires,  appliances  and  appar- 
atus, and  shall  notify  said  city  electrician  of  any  intention  to 
construct,  place,  arrange,  attach,  insulate,  change  or  maintain 
any  such  wires,  appliances,  and  apparatus  before  they  are  covered 
or  enclosed,  or  connected  with  any  outside  circuit. 

SECT.  11.  Every  person  or  corporation  owning,  operating  or 
leasing  any  poles,  wires,  ducts,  conduits,  manholes,  electrical 
structures  or  appliances  within  the  public  ways  of  the  city  of 
Cambridge  shall  comply  with  all  rules  and  requirements  of  the 
board  of  aldermen  with  respect  to  the  quality  of  poles,  wires, 
ducts,  conduits,  manholes,  structures  and  other  appliances  and 
with  all  rules  and  requirements  of  said  board  with  respect  to 
their  installation,  removal  and  repair,  and  shall,  at  all  reasonable 
times,  give  to  the  city  electrician  access  to  such  poles,  wires, 
ducts,  conduits,  manholes,  structures,  appliances  and  apparatus. 
]STo  line  or  wire  shall  be  attached  to  any  pole  by  means  of 


CHAP.  14.]  CITY  ELECTRICAL  DEPARTMENT.  107 

brackets  or  other  side  fixtures,  nor  shall  the  wires  or  lines 
of  more  than  one  party  be  placed  on  the  same  cross-arm. 

No  corporation  or  persons  maintaining  or  operating  a  wire  or  Additional 
line  of  wires  for  the  transmission  of  electricity  shall  affix  to  or 
place  upon  any  pole,  structure,  or  fixture  owned  by  it  or  them 
and  now  erected  or  that  may  be  erected  hereafter,  any  additional 
wire  or  wires,  except  upon  a  written  permission  of  the  city 
electrician. 

SECT.  12.     No  person  or  corporation  shall  permit  any  unused  Unused  wire, 
piece  of  coil  or  loose  end  of  wire  to  be  left  on  the  surface  of  any 
public  way  or   sidewalk,  or  attached  to  any   cross-arm,  pole   or 
other  structure. 

SECT.  13.     Whenever  the  city   electrician    shall  request,    any   Detail  plan  to 

, .    "  .    .  .  ,          be  furnished, 

person  or   corporation  operating   electric   or   other  wires,  poles, 

ducts,  conduits  or  manholes  upon,  over,  through  or  under  any 
public  way  or  over  any  building,  shall,  within  fifteen  days,  furnish 
a  plan,  showing  the  number  and  location  of  its  poles,  the  cross- 
arms  on  each,  the  number  of  wires  or  cables  thereto  attached,  or 
contained  therein,  the  particular  locations  of  all  its  ducts,  conduits 
and  manholes,  and  the  usage  to  which  the  respective  ducts  in  said 
conduits  are,  and  hereafter  may  be  put,  with  specifications  of  the 
average  volts  charged  and  current  used,  the  tested  strength,  the 
kind  and  number  of  lamps  or  motors  connected  with  any  electrical 
circuit,  and  other  electrical  appliances,  and,  in  general,  the  method 
of  installation,  operation,  maintenance  and  repair.  Said  plan 
shall  be  in  form  and  size  agreeable  to  the  city  electrician. 

SECT.  14.     No  person  except  a  police  officer,  fireman,  or  em-   Signal  boxes 
ployee  in  the  city  electrical  department  in  the  discharge  of  his 
duties,  shall  open,  attempt  to  open,  or  cause  to  be  opened  any  of 
the  police  or  fire  alarm  signal  boxes,  except  in  case  of  fire ;  no 
person  shall  interfere,  tamper,  or  meddle  with,  break,  cut,  injure 
or  deface  any  such  boxes,  any  part  or  parts  thereof,  or  anything 
connected  therewith ;  and  no  person  shall  put  any  bill  or  placard   Placards  and 
upon  such  signal  box,  pole  or  structure. 

SECT.  15.     No  person  or  corporation  shall  construct,  erect,  lay  NO  poles,  con- 
or  maintain  in  any  public  way,  any  pole,  duct,  conduit,  manhole   without  order 
or  other  structure  to  support  or  contain  wires  or  lines  for  the   aldermen, 
transmission  of  intelligence  by  electricity  or  otherwise  or  for  the 
purposes  of  light,  heat  and  power,  except  by  order  of  the  board 
of  aldermen  previously  obtained,  in  which  the  exact  location  of 
each  shall  be  duly  set  forth. 

SECT.  16.     No  wire,  line  or  apparatus  used  for  the  transmission  NO  wires  to  be 
•     i      ..    . .     r.  TIT  attached  with- 

of  electricity  for  any  purpose  shall  be  attached  by  cross-arms  or  out  order. 

otherwise  to  any  tree  in  any  public  way,  except  by  consent  in 
writing  of  the  board  of  park  commissioners  previously  obtained, 


108 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  14. 


Acceptance  of 
locations  to  be 
filed. 


Completion  of 

work. 

P.  S.,  109,  §  3. 


Location  of 
pol«'s  in  side- 
walks. 


Revocation  of 
grants. 


nor  shall  any  such  wire,  line  or  apparatus  be  attached  as  aforesaid 
to  any  public  building,  structure,  or  fixture  of  any  kind,  in  any 
public  way  or  grounds,  except  in  public  parks,  bridges  and  other 
public  reservations  except  by  order  of  the  board  of  aldermen 
previously  obtained,  in  which  order  such  building,  structure  or 
fixture  shall  be  duly  described ;  provided,  however,  that  the 
aforesaid  regulation  shall  not  apply  to  wires,  lines  or  apparatus 
owned  or  used  by  the  city. 

SECT.  17.  Whenever  permission  shall  be  granted  by  the  board 
of  aldermen  to  erect  and  maintain  poles,  or  to  construct  and 
maintain  ducts,  conduits,  manholes  or  other  fixtures  in  the  pub- 
lic ways  to  support,  hold  or  contain  lines  or  wires  for  the  trans- 
mission of  electricity,  the  party  to  whom  such  permission  is 
granted  shall,  within  thirty  days  from  the  date  of  the  order 
granting  such  permission,  file  in  the  office  of  the  city  clerk  a 
written  acceptance  without  reservation  of  the  location  of  such 
poles,  ducts,  conduits,  manholes  or  other  fixtures  and  of  all  the 
conditions,  terms  and  provisions  contained  in  the  order  and  the 
ordinances  of  the  city  and  future  amendments  thereof,  and  agree- 
ing to  carry  out,  observe,  perform  and  be  subject  to  the  same; 
and  in  default  of  such  written  acceptance  and  agreement,  the 
permission  and  grant  of  location  shall  be  void.  Such  grant  and 
permission  shall  likewise  be  void  and  deemed  revoked  unless 
within  six  months  after  the  date  of  the  order  the  poles,  ducts, 
conduits,  manholes  and  other  fixtures  shall  have  been  erected  or 
constructed  and  completed;  and,  unless  within  six  months  after 
such  completion,  the  electric  lines  shall  be  constructed  and  put 
in  operation.  Whenever  the  operation  of  the  electric  lines  upon 
or  in  any  location  granted  shall  be  discontinued  for  six  months, 
the  grant  shall  cease  and  be  of  no  further  effect. 

SECT.  18.  All  poles  in  sidewalks  shall  be  set  upon  the  outer 
edge  thereof,  and,  wherever  there  are  curbstones,  placed  within 
four  inches  of  the  inner  edge  of  the  curbstones.  Poles  for 
telegraph,  telephone,  and  electric  light  lines  shall  be  of  hard 
pine,  square  at  the  surface  of  the  ground,  and  planed  and  cham- 
fered. Poles  for  support  of  trolley,  guard,  span  or  feed  wires  of 
the  street  railway  system  shall  be  cylindrical  iron  poles,  unless 
otherwise  ordered  by  the  board  of  aldermen. 

SECT.  19.  All  permissions  granted  by  the  board  of  aldermen 
to  erect  and  maintain  poles,  or  to  construct  ducts,  conduits,  man- 
holes or  other  fixtures  for  electrical  lines,  in  the  public  ways, 
may  at  any  time  be  revoked  by  the  board  of  aldermen,  either 
in  whole  or  in  part,  and  the  said  board  may  order  the  removal 
of  such  poles,  ducts,  conduits,  manholes,  fixtures,  wires  and  lines 
as  it  may  deem  necessary ;  and  whenever  any  poles,  ducts,  con- 


CHAP.  14.]  CITY  ELECTRICAL  DEPARTMENT.  109 

cluits,  manholes,  fixtures,  lines  and  wires  are  so  ordered  to  be 
removed,  such  removal  shall  be  done  by  and  at  the  expense  of 
the  owner,  in  conformity  with  the  order,  within  thirty  days  after 
notice,  and,  if  not  so  removed,  the  board  of  aldermen  may  cause 
the  removal  to  be  done  and  the  expense  thereof  to  be  repaid  to 
the  city  by  the  owner. 

SECT.  20.     No  person  or  corporation  shall  attach  any  wire  or  NO  wires  to  be 
line  for  the  transmission  of  electricity  for  any  purpose,  except  the   out  order  of 
lines  and  wires  owned  or  used  by  the  city,  to  any  pole  already   men. 
erected  for  the  use  of  another  corporation  or  person,  except  by 
consent  of  the  owner  and  the  order  of  the  board  of  aldermen  pre- 
viously obtained,  in  which  order  such  pole  shall  be  duly  described. 

SECT.  21.  To  all  poles  erected  and  maintained  by  any  person 
or  corporation  under  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  the  city 
may  at  any  time  attach  wires  for  its  own  use. 

SKIT.  22.     All  petitions  presented  to  the  board  of  aldermen  for  petition  for 
permission  to  erect  poles  to  support  wires  or  lines  or  to  construct  JXSJs^etc* 
conduits  for  the  transmission  of  electricity  for  any  purpose,  shall 
be  accompanied  with,  or  contain  a  statement  of,  the  exact  location 
of  each  pole  proposed  to  be  erected,  or  conduit  to  be  constructed, 
and  shall   be  accompanied  with  duplicate  plans   showing  said 
locations,  said  plans  to  be  in  form  and  size  agreeable  to  the  city 
clerk.     A  hearing  upon  every  such  petition  shall  be  given  to  all  Hearings  to  be 
parties  interested.     Notice  of  the  filing  of    every  such  petition, 
and  of  the  hearing  thereon,  shall  be  given  by  the  petitioner  or  served, 
petitioners,  to  owners  or  occupants  of  the  land  along  the  public 
ways  upon  which   locations  are  prayed  for.  which  notice  shall 
state  briefly  the  public  ways  or  the  parts  thereof  to  which  such 
petition  relates. 

SECT.  23.      The  location  of  all  poles,  ducts,  conduits  or  man-  Locations  to  be 
holes  erected  or  used  by  permission  of  the  board  of  aldermen,  to  c  ange  >w 
support  or  contain  wires  and  lines  for  the  transmission  of  elec- 
tricity, shall  be  changed  and  altered  whenever  deemed  necessary 
by   said  board  by  the   owner   or  person  using  the   same   at  his 
expense  without  any  unnecessary  delay,  and  if  not  so  changed  or  Expense  of 
altered,  it  shall  be  done  by  the  city  electrician  at  the  expense  of  6 
said  owner  or  person. 

SECT.   24.      Whenever  the  board  of   aldermen   shall  deem   it   wires  to  be  put 

,  .  , .        ,,  H     P  . ,  .      in  ferial  cable, 

proper,  all  persons  or  corporations,  mentioned  m  section  11  01  this   when. 

ordinance,  shall  gather  and  place  in  serial  cable,  lines  and  wires 
to  the  number  of  fifty  or  more  in  any  public  way,  within  such 
time,  at  such  height  and  in  such  manner  as  said  board  may 
designate. 

SECT.  25.     No  public  way  or  bridge  shall  be  torn  up  or  dis-  streets,  etc., 

„  ,  .    .  ,  .  .          not  to  be  torn 

turbed  for  the  purpose  of  laying,  repairing,  changing  or  removing  Up  without  a 

license. 


110 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  14. 


Streets,  etc  ,  to 
be  restored 
after  opening, 
etc. 


Wires  and 
conduits  to  be 
removed, 
when. 


Not  to  be 
removed,  etc. 
without  per- 
mission. 


City  to  have 
space  in 
underground 
conduits. 


Bond  to  be 
given. 


Condition  of 
bond. 


lines,  wires,  ducts,  conduits  or  manholes,  or  erecting,  altering  or 
removing  poles  or  other  fixtures  used  for  carrying  electric  lines 
or  wires,  without  a  license  first  obtained  therefor.  No  formal 
license  shall  be  necessary  to  sanction  the  temporary  removal  of 
covers  to  manholes  for  the  purpose  of  removing  or  repairing  lines, 
wires  and  cables.  Whenever  a  manhole  is  opened,  the  person  or 
corporation  by  whose  authority  the  same  is  done  shall  place  a 
suitable  metallic  guard  rail  around  the  opening,  with  a  signal  flag, 
at  least  one  foot  square,  displayed  therefrom. 

Whenever  any  opening  or  disturbance  is  made  in  any  public 
way  or  bridge  for  any  purpose,  such  public  way  or  bridge  shall 
be  promptly  restored  by  the  person  or  corporation  owning  or 
operating  the  lines,  wires,  ducts,  conduits,  or  manholes,  or  making 
such  repairs,  to  a  condition  satisfactory  to  the  superintendent  of 
streets,  and  shall  be  kept  and  maintained  in  such  condition  by 
such  person  or  corporation  for  two  years  thereafter ;  and,  if  not 
immediately  so  restored,  kept  and  maintained,  the  same  may  be 
done  by  the  city  at  the  expense  of  such  person  or  corporation. 

SECT.  26.  Whenever  the  city  shall  construct,  enlarge,  relocate, 
repair,  or  alter  the  streets,  sewers,  water  pipes  or  other  public 
works,  in  streets,  ways  and  bridges  where  conduits  and  wires  are 
laid,  which  in  the  opinion  of  the  board  of  aldermen  may  require 
the  removing  or  changing  the  location  of  said  conduits  and  the 
fixtures  appertaining  thereto,  or  the  repairing  thereof,  said 
removing,  changing  and  repair  shall  be  done  without  delay  at 
the  expense  of  the  person  or  corporation  owning  or  operating 
the  same. 

SECT.  27.  Whenever  underground  conduits  have  once  been 
laid  in  the  streets  and  ways  of  the  city,  they  shall  not  be 
removed,  relocated  or  changed,  without  permission  from  the 
board  of  aldermen. 

SECT.  28.  In  all  underground  conduits  and  manholes  sufficient 
and  necessary  space  shall  be  reserved,  free  of  expense,  for  wires 
belonging  to  or  to  be  used  by  the  city,  and  said  conduits  shall  at 
all  times  be  accessible  to  the  city  for  the  purpose  of  putting  in, 
taking  out  and  repairing  its  wires. 

SECT.  29.  Every  person  or  corporation  constructing,  main- 
taining or  operating  a  telegraphic,  telephonic,  or  other  electrical 
line  in  the  city,  shall  execute  a  bond,  with  satisfactory  surety,  in 
a  penal  sum  of  not  less  .than  ten  thousand  dollars,  and  of  form 
satisfactory  to  the  city  solicitor,  conditioned  to  indemnify  and 
save  harmless  the  city  against  all  damages,  costs,  expenses  and 
losses  whatsoever,  to  which  it  may  be  subjected  in  consequence 
of  the  acts  and  neglects  of  such  person  and  corporation,  their 
agents,  officers  and  servants,  and  any  and  all  persons  acting  by, 


CHAP.  14.]  CITY  ELECTRICAL  DEPARTMENT.  HI 

through,  or  under  such  person  or  corporation,  and  in  any  manner 
arising  from,  or  growing  out  of  the  use  and  transmission  of 
electricity,  the  privileges  permitted  by  the  city,  and  the  construc- 
tion, maintenance,  operation,  and  use  of  lines,  wires,  cables, 
conduits,  poles,  structures,  constructions,  fixtures  and  apparatus ; 
and  also,  to  fulfil  all  their  agreements  with  the  city,  all  the  orders, 
conditions  and  obligations  imposed  by  the  board  of  aldermen, 
and  all  obligations  and  duties  required  by  law,  and  by  this 
chapter  and  every  other  ordinance,  and  all  additions  and  amend- 
ments relating  thereto. 

A  new  bond  of  like  import,  and  with  new  surety,  may  at  any   New  bon(1  may 

.  J     be  required. 

time  be  required  by  the  city,  which  new  bond  shall  be  a  strength- 
ening bond,  unless  the  surety  on  former  bonds  is  expressly 
released  from  further  liability  by  vote  of  the  board  of  aldermen. 

SECT.  30.     All  locations  hereafter  granted  shall  be  subject  to  use  of  poles, 

J  etc.,  by  other 

the  condition  that  any  person  or  corporation  to  whom  locations  corporations, 
shall  be  granted,  shall  give  any  other  person  or  corporation  per- 
mission to  use  it£  poles,  ducts,,  conduits,  manholes  or  other  elec- 
trical appliances  or  apparatus  whenever  ordered  so  to  do  by  the 
board  of  aldermen  on  payment  of  a  reasonable  rental. 

SECT.  31.     Except  as  otherwise  provided  by  law,  any  person  Penalty, 
violating  any  provision  of  this  chapter  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty 
of  not  exceeding  twenty  dollars  for  each  and  every  offence. 

SECT.  32.     This  ordinance,  so  far  as  its  provisions  are  the  same   Continuation 

•'.'..  of  previously 

in  effect  as  those  of  previously  existing  ordinances,  shall  be  con-  existing 

J  ordinances, 

strued  as  a  continuation  of  those  ordinances ;  it  shall  not  affect 

any  act  done,  any  right  accruing,  any  penalty  incurred  or  any 
suit,  prosecution,  or  proceeding  pending.  Subject  to  the  afore- 
said -limitations,  chapters  14  and  16  of  the  revised  ordinances 
of  1892,  all  ordinances  amendatory  thereof,  and  supplementary 
thereto,  are  hereby  repealed. 

Provided,  hoicevet',  that  the  tenure  of  office  of  the  inspector  of  JJJJJ^0* 
wires  and  of  the  superintendent  of  lamps  shall  continue  until  the   ^g^  g°'tor  of 
appointment  and  confirmation  of  the  city  electrician,  (and  that 
until  such  appointment  and  confirmation  said  inspector  of  wires 
and  superintendent  of  lamps  shall  have  all  the  powers,  perform 
all  the  duties  and  be  subject  to  all  the  responsibilities  of  said 
city  electrician,  as  defined  in  this  ordinance). 


112 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  15. 


n?iikand°n0f 
ue'lSment  to 


I'  °' 

O.  C. 


His  term  of 
©ffice. 


Duties. 


Annual  report. 


CHAPTER    15. 

INSPECTION    OF    MILK    AND    VINEGAR. 

SECTION  1.     The  inspection  of  milk  and  vinegar  department 
charge  of  the  inspector  of   milk  and  vinegar,  who 

lis    °ffice    for    tlle    terln    °f    One    year    from    tlie    first 

Monday  of  January  in  the  year  of  his  appointment.  He  shall 
^e  sworn  to  the  faithful  performance  of  the  duties  of  the  office 
°^  insPector  °^  milk,  and  of  inspector  of  vinegar  ;  and  shall  have 
and  exercise  all  the  power  and  authority,  and  be  subject  to  all 
tne  duties  and  limitations,  which  the  statute  imposes  upon  and 
requires  of  inspectors  of  milk,  and  inspectors  of  vinegar. 

SECT.  2.  He  shall  annually,  in  the  month  of  December,  make 
a  full  report  of  all  matters  pertaining  to  his  department,  with  an 
inventory  of  all  the  apparatus  and  property  of  the  city  belonging 
thereto,  which  shall  be  in  his  charge. 


CHAP.  16.]  INSPECTION  OF  PROVISIONS,  ETC. 


1  CHAPTER    16. 

INSPECTION     OF     PROVISIONS      AND      OF      ANIMALS      INTENDED      FOR 
SLAUGHTER    OR    KEPT    FOR    THE    PRODUCTION    OF    MILK. 

SECTION  1.     The  department  of  the  inspection  of  provisions   inspection  of 
and  of  animals  intended  for  slaughter  or  kept  for  the  production  SfaSimSs' a 
of  milk  shall  be  under  the  charge  of  the  inspector  of  provisions  be  in  charge  of . 
and  animals  intended  for  slaughter  or  kept  for  the  production  of 
milk.     He  shall  be  a  skilled  veterinary  physician,  shall  be  sworn 
to  discharge  faithfully  the  duties  of  his  office,  and  shall  hold  his  Term  of  office, 
office  for  the  term  of  one  year  from  the  first  day  of  May  in  the 
year  of  his  appointment,  subject  to  removal  at  any  time  by  the 
mayor  and  aldermen. 

SECT.  2.  In  addition  to  the  duties  required  of  him  by  the  Duties. 
public  statutes,  and  acts  in  amendment  thereof,  he  shall  profes- 
sionally visit,  attend  and  treat,  whenever  necessary  or  whenever 
requested  by  the  mayor,  any  and  all  of  the  horses  owned  by 
the  city  in  the  several  departments  thereof,  and  shall  physic- 
ally examine  and  report  upon  all  horses  offered  for  sale  to 
said  city. 

SECT.  3.     He  shall  annually,  in  the  month  of  December,  and  Annual 
whenever  requested  by  the  mayor  and  city  council,  make  a  full 
and  detailed  report  of  all  matters  pertaining  to  his  department, 
with  such  suggestions  as  he  may  deem  proper. 

i  Chapter  16  of  the  revised  ordinances  of  1892,  being  the  ordinance  in  relation  to 
lamps,  was  repealed  Oct.  24,  1899;  said  ordinance  being  included  in  ordinance  in 
relation  to  City  Electrical  Department  approved  Oct.  24, 1899. 


114 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  17. 


CHAPTER  17. 


Law 

department  to 
be  iii  charge  of 
the  city 
solicitor. 
Stat.  1891,  c.  364, 
§20. 

Term  of  office. 


Vacancy. 


He  shall  draft 
all  legal 
instruments. 


Shall  prosecute 
all  actions 
for  the  city. 


Shall  defend 
the  city  in  all 
actions. 


Shall  represent 
the  city  before 
legislative 
committees. 


Shall  furnish 
legal  opinions, 
etc. 


LAW. 

SECTION  1.  The  law  department  shall  be  in  charge 'of  the 
city  solicitor,  who  shall  be  a  citizen  of  Cambridge  and  an  attorney 
and  counsellor  of  the  courts  of  the  commonwealth,  and  who  shall 
hold  no  other  office  under  the  city  government  during  the  period 
for  which  he  is  elected.  He  shall  hold  his  office  for  one  year 
from  the  first  Monday  of  May  in  the  year  in  which  he  is  elected, 
and  until  his  successor  is  elected  and  qualified,  unless  sooner 
removed  ;  and  he  shall  be  removable  at  the  pleasure  of  the  city 
council.  A  vacancy  may  be  filled  at  any  time  for  the  unexpired 
term. 

SECT.  2.  He  shall  by  himself,  or  by  some  person  by  him 
duly  authorized,  for  whose  conduct,  skill  and  faithfulness  he 
shall  be  accountable,  draft  all  legal  instruments,  of  whatever 
nature,  which  may  be  required  of  him  by  any  ordinance,  or  order 
of  the  board  of  aldermen  or  of  the  city  council,  or  which  may  be 
requisite  to  be  done  and  made  by  the  city  and  any  person  con- 
tracting with  the  city,  and  which,  by  law,  usage  or  agreement,  the 
city  is  to  be  at  the  expense  of  drawing. 

SECT.  3.  He  shall  commence  and  prosecute  all  actions  and 
suits  to  be  commenced  by  the  city,  before  any  tribunal  in  this 
commonwealth,  whether  in  law  or  equity,  and  also  appear  in, 
defend  and  advocate  the  rights  and  interests  of  the  city,  or  any 
of  the  officers  of  the  city,  in  any  suit  or  prosecution,  for  any  act 
or  omission  in  the  discharge  of  their  official  duties,  wherein  any 
estate,  right,  privilege,  ordinance  or  act  of  the  city  government, 
or  any  breach  of  any  ordinance,  may  be  brought  in  question.  He 
shall  also  appear  before  the  legislature  of  the  commonwealth,  or 
any  committee  thereof,  and  there,  in  behalf  of  the  city,  represent, 
answer  for,  defend  and  advocate  the  interests  and  welfare  of  the 
city,  whenever  the  same  may  be  directly  or  incidentally  affected. 
He  shall,  in  all  matters,  do  every  professional  act  incident  to  the 
office,  which  may  be  required  of  him  by  the  city  government,  or 
by  any  committee  thereof,  or  by  any  ordinance  or  order.  He 
shall  furnish  legal  opinions  on  such  subjects  or  questions  as  may 
be  submitted  to  him  by  the  mayor,  the  board  of  aldermen,  the 
common  council  or  the  school  committee  ;  by  any  committee  of 
the  city  council,  or  either  branch  thereof,  or  any  sub-committee 


CHAP.  17.]  LAW. 

of  the  school  committee  or  by  any  board  or  department  of  the 
city  government  who  may  require  advice  in  regard  to  the  dis- 
charge of  their  duties. 

SECT.   4.     He  shall  receive  such  salary   as  the   city  council  salary, 
may  determine.     In  all  cases  when  his  attendance  is  required  Travelling 
out   of   the    city,   his    reasonable   travelling   expenses    shall   be  expen*es' etc* 
allowed  him. 


11G  REVISED  ORDINANCES.  [CHAP.  18. 


CHAPTER    18. 

OVERSEERS    OF    THE    POOR. 

Overseers  of          SECTION  1.     The  overseers  of   the  poor  department  shall  be 

the  poor 

department  to    under  the  charge  of  the  board  of  overseers  of  the  poor  consisting 
the  overseers     of  five  persons,  one  of  whom  shall  be  elected  annually  by  the  city 

of  the  poor. 

1891,  c.  364,  § 21.   council  in  joint  convention  in  the  month  of  March,  for  the  term 

of  five  years  beginning  the  first  Monday  in  May  of  that  year. 

Election  of         Vacancies  may  be  filled  for  the  unexpired  term  in  the   same 

vacancies. 

manner. 

TO  have  SECT.  2.     The  board  shall  have  charge  of  the  almshouse  and 

aimshouse  and  may  make  and  enforce  all  such  rules  and  regulations  as  they 
P.  8. 0.8*.       '  deem  expedient   in   relation   thereto.     They   shall   preserve   all 
books,   papers,   property,   evidences    of   property,  vouchers   and 
other  things  intrusted  to,  kept  by  or  deposited  with  them. 
i 

i  Sections  3  to  8  inclusive  repealed  Oct.  22, 1896. 


CHAP.  19.]  PARK. 


CHAPTEE    19. 

PARK. 

SECTIOX  1.     The  park  department  shall  be  under  the  charge  Park 
of  a  board  of  three  persons,  to  be  styled  park  commissioners, 
who  shall  be  appointed  by  the  mayor,  subject  to  the  confirmation  cpmrims°f  par 
of  the  board  of  aldermen,  and  they  shall  hold  their  offices  until   8 
the  expiration  of  terms  of  one,  two  and  three  years  respectively,  Term  of  office. 
from  the  first  day  of  May,  1893.     The  mayor  shall,  subject  to 
like  confirmation,  before  the  first  day  of  May  in  each  year  after 
the  year  1893,  appoint  a  commissioner  to  continue  in  office  for 
the  term  of  three  years  from  said  day.     No  person  shall  be  a 
commissioner  who  is  at  the  same  time  a  member  of  the  city 
council.     Any  vacancy  occurring  in  the  said  board  shall  be  filled   vacancy. 
for  the  residue  of  the  term  of  the  commissioner  whose  place  is  to 
be  filled,  in  the  same  manner  in  which  such  commissioner  was 
originally  appointed.     Said  commissioners  shall,  in  addition  to 
the  above  term,  hold  office  until  others  are  appointed  in  their 
respective  places. 

SECT.   2.     The  president  of  the  park  commissioners  shall  be   President 
elected  by  the  board,  and  shall  be  one  of  the  persons  appointed  cpmmis->y 
as  provided  in  the  first  section  of  this  chapter.     The  board  may 
make  such  rules  and  regulations  for  its  own  government,  and  in   Rules  and 
relation  to  its  officers,  as  may  be  deemed  expedient. 

SECT.  3.     The  board  so   constituted  shall  have  and  exercise   shall  exercise 


all  the  rights,  powers,  and  authority  given  to  it  and  to  the  city   glfhy'  e 

council  by  the  legislature,  by  the  three  hundred  and  forty-first   leglsli 

chapter  of  the  acts  of  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  ninety-two, 

and  by  the  three  hundred  and  thirty  -seventh  chapter  of  the  acts 

of  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  ninety  -three,  and  by  any  acts 

in  addition  to  either  of  said  acts  which  may  hereafter  be  enacted, 

so  far  as  the  same  can  be  legally  delegated  by  the  city,  subject 

to  all  the  duties,  liabilities,  and  restrictions  in  said  last  named 

chapter  contained.     Said  commissioners  may  in  their  discretion 

annually  appoint  a  superintendent,  a  clerk,  and  all  other  subor- 

dinate  agents  and  assistants,  who  shall  be  removable  at  their  intendeut»  etc- 

pleasure,  and  shall  fix  their  compensation  subject  to  the  approval 

of  the  committee  on  finance. 

SECT.  4.     The  board,  on  or  before  the  fifteenth  day  of  Decem-  Annuai 
ber  in  each  year,  shall  present  to  the  city  council  a  report  con-  rePort- 
taining  a  statement  of  the  condition  of  all  the  parks  and  lands 
under  its  control  or  supervision,  and  of  other  property  connected 


118  REVISED  ORDINANCES.  [CHAP.  19. 

therewith,  with  an  account  of  all  receipts  and  expenditures,  to- 
gether with  any  information  or  suggestions  which  it  may  deem 
important ;  and  if  a  superintendent  has  been  appointed,  it  shall  at 
the  same  time  transmit  to  the  city  council  his  report. 

Sale  of  SECT.  5.     The  board  may  sell  such  of  the  personal  property 

property.  connected  with  said  parks  or  lands  as  it  may  deem  expedient. 

subject  to  the  approval  of  the  mayor. 
Duties  of  SECT.  6.     The  president  of  the  board  shall  exercise  a  general 

president. 

supervision  over  all  said  parks  and  lands,  and  the  materials  and 
property  connected  therewith,  and  over  all  subordinate  officers 
and  agents.  In  case  of  his  absence  or  disability,  his  duties  may 
be  performed  by  a  president  pro  tempore,  to  be  chosen  by  the  board. 
NO  member  of  SECT.  7.  No  member  of  the  board,  and  no  person  appointed  to 

the  board  to  be  „        . 

interested  in      any  office  or  employed  by  virtue  of  this  chapter  or  of  the  acts  of 

any  contract, 

etc.  the  legislature  mentioned  in  the  third  section  of  this  chapter, 

shall  be  interested,  directly  or  indirectly,  in  any  contract,  bar- 
gain, sale,  or  agreement,  in  relation  to  said  parks  or  lands,  or  any 
matter  or  thing  connected  therewith,  wherein  the  city  is  in- 
terested ;  and  any  and  all  contracts,  bargains,  sales  or  agreements, 
made  in  violation  of  this  section,  shall  be  void  as  to  the  city. 

Duties  of  SECT.  8.     The  superintendent  shall  perform  all  such  services 

superintend- 
ent, in  relation  to  the  trees  in  the  public  streets  and  l  said  parks  and 

lands   as  may  be  required  of  him  by  the  board,  and  he   shall 
annually,  during  the  first  week  of  December,  present  to  the  board 
a  report  of  the  general  condition  of  said  parks  and  lands, 
city  engineer         SECT.  9.     The  board  may  require  the  city  engineer,  either  bv 

to  perform  all  . 

work  within       himself  or  by  his  assistants,  to  perform  all  work  which  properly 

province  of  .  .  .    ._ 

civil  engineer,    comes   within,  the  province   and  under  the  direction  of   a  civil 

engineer,  including  the  making  of  examinations  and  surveys,  the 

preparation  of  statements,  plans,  profiles,  estimates,  descriptions, 

specifications  and  contracts,  and  the  measuring  of  the  work  done 

by  contract  and  certifying  to  the  results  of  such  measurement. 

TO  have  the  SECT.  10.     The  park  commissioners,  in  addition  to  the  general 

commons,  etc.,   care  and  charge  of  parks  and  public  grounds  imposed  upon  them 

general  care  of  by  the  foregoing  provisions,  shall   have   the  general   care   and 

charge  of  all  the  other  commons,  public  grounds,  and  enclosures 

now  belonging,  and  as  the  same  may  hereafter  belong  to  the  city, 

and  not  under  the  general  care  of  the  water  board. 

TO  have  the  SECT.  11.     The  park  commissioners  shall  have  the  care  of  the 

trees°fJ  trees  in  the  public  streets.     They  shall  cause   all  statutes  and 

ordinances  made  for  the  protection  of  said  trees,  the  commons, 
and  other  public  grounds  and  enclosures  not  under  the  general 
care  and  charge  of  the  water  board,  to  be  strictly  enforced,  and 
shall  institute  legal  proceedings  against  all  persons  violating 
such  statutes  and  ordinances. 

i  Amended  March  13, 1894. 


CHAP.  20.]  POLICE. 


CHAPTER  20. 

POLICE. 

SECTIOX  1.     The  police  department  shall  be  under  the  charge   Police 
of   the  chief    of   police,   who   shall   hold    his    office   during  the   be  in  charge  of 
pleasure  of  the  mayor  and  aldermen.     He  shall  have,  under,  the   police. 
direction  of   the    mayor,   the    care    and    custody    of   the    patrol   His  term  of 
wagons,1  emergency  ambulances,  police  vans  and  other  vehicles,   p.  s.  c.  27,  §  85. 
harnesses  and  horses  used  by  the  police  force,  and  all  the  furni-   §§9,'  16. 
ture  and  other  property  of  the  city  at  the  several  police  stations?   Duties. 
except  that  the  apparatus  of  the  police  signal  system  shall  be 
under  the  supervision  of  the  inspector  of  wires.     The  chief  of 
police  shall  also  have  the  charge  of  all  the  police  stations. 

SECT.  2.     The  chief  of  police  shall  keep  a  correct  and  complete  shall  keep  a 
record  of  the  business  of  the  department,  and  shall  make  such   report  to  the 
reports  to  the  mayor  from  time  to  time,  as  he  shall  require,  con-  ma>01 
cerning  all  matters  relating  to  the  police  department,  and  to  the 
property  of  the  city  used  by  the  police  force. 

1  SECT.  3.     The   chief   of  police    shall  within  the   city  limits   shall  direct 
direct  and  control  the  transportation  of  all  injured  persons  who   transportation 


require  immediate  care,  relief  and  assistance,2  and  shall  respond 
to  all  calls  made  upon  him,  for  the  use  of  the  emergency  ambu-   Emergency 
lance,  by  the  overseers  of  the  poor  for  all  cases  except  cases  of 
contagious  disease. 

SECT.  4.     The  chief  of  police  shall  employ  suitable  persons  to  Employment 
assist,  and  shall  provide  and  contract,  under  the  ordinances,  for 
suitable  materials,  appliances,  and  means  to  carry  out  and  accom- 
plish the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  and  shall  be  responsible 
for  the  faithful  and  complete  execution  of  the  same. 

1  SECT.   5.     The   chief  of  police   shall  make  a  report  to  the   Annual  report. 
city   council  annually,   in  the  month  of  December,  of    all  the 
receipts   and   expenditures   of   his  department,  the   organization 
and  efficiency  of  the  force,   and  an  itemized  statement  of  all 
the  materials,  tools   and  property   of    every  kind  belonging  to 
the  city,  on  hand  December  first,  with  their   estimated  value. 
He  shall  also  at  the  same  time  make  a  return  of  the  fees  and  Shall  report 
perquisites   received  by  him  and  other  members   of  the  police 
force. 

1  Amended  July  15,  1896. 

2  Amended  Dec.  30,  1896. 


120 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  21. 


CHAPTER  21. 


PUBLIC    LIBRARY. 


Public  library 
department  to 
be  in  charge  of 
trustees. 
P.  S.  c.  40, 
§§  9,  10, 11. 


Trustees. 

Appointment 
of. 


Vacancv. 


Trustees  may 
elect  a 

chairman  and 
secretary. 

Quorum. 

Shall  choose  a 
librarian. 


Trustees  may 
expend 
moneys, 
establish  fees 
and  make 
by-laws. 


A 11  fees  to  be 
paid  into  the 
treasury. 


Annual  report 
of  trustees. 


Money,  how 
paid  on 
account  of 
library. 


SECTION  1.  The  public  library  department  shall  be  under  the 
charge  of  a  board  of  seven  trustees,  to  consist  of  one  member  of 
the  school  committee  and  six  citizens  at  large  to  be  chosen  as 
hereinafter  provided. 

SECT.  2.  There  shall  be  appointed  by  the  mayor  subject  to 
confirmation  by  the  board  of  aldermen,  annually,  in  the  month  of 
January,  or  whenever  a  vacancy  may  occur,  one  member  of  the 
school  committee,  to  serve  as  trustee  for  the  municipal  year. 

Also  in  January,  of  each  year,  two  citizens  at  large  shall  be 
appointed  by  the  mayor,  subject  to  confirmation  by  the  board  of 
aldermen,  as  trustees  as  aforesaid,  to  hold  office  for  the  term  of 
three  years  from  the  third  Monday  of  January  of  the  year  in 
which  they  are  appointed,  and  in  case  of  a  vacancy,  for  the  un- 
expired  portion  of  the  term. 

SECT.  3.  Said  trustees  may  elect  from  their  number  a  chair- 
man and  secretary,  and  four  members  of  the  board  shall  consti- 
tute a  quorum  for  the  transaction  of  business  :  they  shall  choose 
annually,  in  the  month  of  January,  a  suitable  person  to  be  libra- 
rian, who  shall  be  removable  at  the  pleasure  of  the  board,  and 
shall  receive  such  compensation  as  the  trustees  may  determine. 

SECT.  4.  The  trustees  shall  expend  all  moneys  presented  to 
the  library,  or  appropriated  by  the  city  council,  for  the  purchase 
of  books,  the  improvement  of  the  library,  its  care,  custody,  main- 
tenance for  usefulness,  and  its  preservation,  and  the  care  and 
repairs  of  the  building.  They  may  establish  such  fees  for  the 
use  of  the  library,  and  shall  make  and  publish  needful  'by-laws 
and  regulations,  to  extend  the  benefits  of  the  institution  as  widely 
as  practicable  throughout  the  community.  All  moneys  received 
for  the  use  of  the  library  shall  be  paid  quarterly  into  the  city 
treasury. 

SECT.  5.  The  trustees  shall  present  to  the  city  council  annu- 
ally, in  the  month  of  December,  a  report  of  their  proceedings, 
and  a  statement  of  the  condition  of  the  library,  the  number  of 
books  added  during  the  year,  with  an  accurate  account  of  all 
receipts  and  expenditures,  together  with  any  other  information 
or  suggestions  which  they  may  deem  desirable. 

SECT.  6.  No  money  shall  be  paid  from  the  city  treasury  on 
account  of  the  library,  except  by  order  of  the  trustees,  and  in 
pursuance  of  an  order  signed  by  the  mayor;  and  in  no  case 
shall  the  amount  drawn  exceed  the  amount  appropriated  for 
the  library. 


CHAP.  22.]       SEALER  OF  WEIGHTS  AND  MEASURES.  121 


CHAPTER    22. 

SEALER    OF    WEIGHTS    AXD    MEASURES. 

SECTIOX  1.     The  sealer  of  weights  and  measures  department   Sealer  of 
shall  be  under  the  charge  of  the  sealer  of  weights  and  measures,  measures™ 
who  shall  hold  his  office  for  the  term  of  one  year  from  the  first  be  in  charge  of 
day  of  April  in  the  year  of  his  appointment,  subject  to  removal  weights  and 

,        Yl  measures. 

at  any  time  by  the  mayor  and  aldermen.  p.  s.  c.  65, 

SECT.  2.  He  shall  have  general  control  and  supervision  of  all 
the  public  scales  of  the  city,  and  annually,  in  the  month  of 
December,  he  shall  make  a  full  report  of  all  matters  pertaining 
to  his  department,  with'  an  inventory  of  all  the  property  of  the 
city  in  his  charge. 


122 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  23. 


CHAPTER    23. 


Sewer 

department  to 
he  in  charge  of 
the  city 
engineer. 

Common 
sewer  defined 
P.  S.  c.  50,  §  1. 
S.  1890,  c.  124. 


Laying  of 
pipes,  etc..,  not 
to  interfere 
with  sewer. 


Pipes,  etc  , 
interfering 
with  sewer,  to 
be  removed  by 
owner. 


Citv  engineer 
and  superin- 
tendent of 
water-works 
to  consult. 


Superintend- 
ent of  sewers 
to  be 
appointed. 


His  term  of 
office. 


SEWER. 

SECTION.  1.  The  sewer  department  shall  be  under  the  charge 
of  the  city  engineer.  In  any  street  opened,  or  proposed  to  be 
opened,  for  public  travel  and  accommodation,  every  sewer  or 
drain  laid  for  the  purpose  of  draining  more  than  one  estate,  shall 
be  deemed  to  be  a  common  sewer,  and  no  such  common  sewer 
shall  be  laid  or  connected  with  any  existing  common  sewer  except 
by  the  city,  as  provided  in  section  three  of  this  chapter. 

SECT.  2.  Whenever  any  street  is  opened  for  the  laying  of 
pipes  for  water,  gas  or  other  purposes,  or  for  the  prosecution 
of  any  work  of  construction,  such  laying  of  pipes  and  the  work 
connected  therewith,  or  such  work  of  construction,  shall  be  so 
executed  as  not  to  obstruct,  in  any  way,  the  course,  capacity 
or  construction  of  a  common  sewer,  and  whenever  pipes  for  any 
purpose,  or  any  work  of  construction,  are  found  to  exist  at  such 
a  depth  or  in  such  location  as  to  interfere  with  any  existing 
sewer,  or  with  the  building  of  any  common  sewer  of  the  required 
size,  and  at  the  proper  depth  and  grades,  the  department,  cor- 
poration or  person  maintaining  the  same,  shall,  upon  notice 
thereof,  at  once  remove,  change  or  alter  said  pipe  or  pipes  or 
other  works,  in  such  a  manner  as  the  city  engineer  may  direct. 
If  such  department,  corporation  or  person  neglects  to  comply 
immediately  with  the  terms  of  such  notification,  the  city  engineer 
may  make  such  removal,  change  or  alteration,  and  the  cost 
thereof  shall  be  paid  by  such  department,  corporation  or  person. 

Provided,  that  whenever  any  sewer  is  to  be  constructed,  or 
any  water  pipe  to  be  laid,  in  any  street  or  way,  the  city  engineer 
and  superintendent  of  water  works  shall  consult  with  each  other 
in  regard  to  the  location  of  any  existing  pipes. 

SECT.  3.  The  city  engineer  shall  have  the  general  superin- 
tendence of  all  common  sewers  built  or  owned  by  the  city,  and 
of  all  connections  built  under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter ; 
and  he  shall  annually,  in  the  month  of  June,  appoint  some 
competent  person  to  take  charge  of  such  work  of  building, 
repairing  and  keeping  the  same  in  order,  as  may  be  required  by 
the  city  engineer,  to  whom  he  shall  be  subordinate.  The  person 
so  appointed  shall  be  styled  "the  superintendent  of  sewers," 
shall  hold  office  for  one  year  from  the  time  of  his  appointment, 
or  until  his  successor  is  chosen,  and  receive  such  compensation 


CHAP.  23.]  SEWERS.  123 

as  the  board  of  aldermen  may  determine.     Whenever  the  office  of   vacancy, 
superintendent  of  sewers  becomes  vacant  it  shall  be  filled  in  like 
manner. 

SKCT.  4.     The  city  engineer  shall  make  and  hie  in  his  office,   Plans  of 
accurate    plans    of    all    common    sewers,   showing    all  entrances 
thereto,  when  made   as  hereinafter  provided.      He    shall   have 
constant  care  of,  and  keep  clean  and  in  proper  order  and  repair, 
all  street  catch-basins  and  connecting  drains  within  the  limits  of   Catch-basins, 
any  street :  yy/v,/vV/W.  however,  that  the  superintendent  of  streets 
shall  keep  the  entrances  to  the  catch-basins  open  and  clear  of  ice 
in  cold  weather,  so   as  to  permit  the  flow  of  surface  water  into 
them. 

SKCT.  •">.     He   shall   keep,   and  whenever  requested,   report  to   Shall  keep  an 
either  branch  of  the  city  council,  an  accurate  account  of  the  cost   account  of  the 

,  ,          in     cost  of  each 

and  all  other  expenses  upon  each  common  sewer  :  and  he  shall   sewer, 
annually,  in  December,  submit  a  report  of  all  work  performed  in   Annual  report, 
the   sewer  department  during  the  year,  the  property  under  his 
charge,  including  the  total  length  and  original  cost  of  existing 
sewers,  and  the   amount  of  all  expenditures  from  the  appropria- 
tion for  sewers. 

SECT.   6.     Three-fourths  of  the  average  cost    of  a    system    of   Amount  to  be 

assessed  upon 

sewers,  already  determined  and  found  to   equal  two   dollars  per  abutters. 

.  p.  s.  c.  so, 
running  foot,  shall  be  assessed  according  to  law:  provided,  that  §§4,  n. 

no  estate  shall  be  assessed  until  it  can  be  drained  into  the  sewer ; 
and  no  estate  shall  be  assessed  more  than  once  for  the  same 
benefit.  The  remainder  of  the  cost  of  such  sewers  shall  be  borne 
by  the  city. 

SECT.   7.     The  city  engineer  shall  prepare  and  submit  to  the    city  engineer 
board  of  aldermen  plans  of  the  estates  to  be  assessed,  showing   pians^f 
the  owners'  names,  frontages  and  areas,  together  with  a  schedule  assessed, 
showing  the  assessment  on  the  estates  abutting  and   benefited. 
Such  assessment  to  be  determined  as  follows:  four-tenths  of  the   Method  of 

determining 

benefit  according  to  the  relative  frontage,  and  six-tenths  according   assessment. 

f .  S.  C«  oOj  §  7. 

to  the  area  of  the  estates,  within  one  hundred  feet  of  the  street 

in  which  the  common  sewer  has  been  constructed;  the  area  of 

corner  lots  being  measured  to  the  line  bisecting  the  angle  formed 

by  the  lines  of  the  streets.     The  said  four-tenths   having  been  standard  rate. 

ascertained  to  be  twenty  eight  cents  per  front  foot,  and  the  said 

six-tenths  having  been  ascertained  to  be  five  and  two- tenths  mills 

per  square  foot,  said  sums  are  hereby  adopted  as  the  standard 

rate  of  assessment. 

SECT.  8.     The  amounts  assessed  and  certified  by  the  board  of   Amounts 

J  assessed  to  be 

aldermen   shall  be   entered  upon  the  plan  prepared  for   assess-   entered  on 
nient. 

SECT.   9.     Annually,  in  the  month  of  January,  and  at  other 


124 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  23. 


Drain  layers. 


Size  of  private 
drains. 


Drain  layers 
to  give  bond. 


Conditions  of 
bond. 


No  private 
drain  shall  be 
entered  into 
sewer  without 
permit. 


times  whenever  necessary,  the  city  engineer  shall  license  such 
drain  layers  as  apply,  and  are  found  competent,  who  alone  shall 
be  authorized  to  make  all  openings  or  excavations  in  any  street 
for  the  purpose  of  constructing  and  repairing  private  drains,  and 
who  shall  construct  all  entrances  into  the  common  sewers.  Such 
persons  shall  hold  their  license  for  one  year,  unless  sooner  re- 
voked by  the  city  engineer.  No  such  private  drain,  if  of  vitrified 
pipe,  shall  be  laid  of  a  less  size  than  six  inches  interior  diameter, 
and  if  of  iron,  it  shall  be  not  less  than  five  inches  internal  di- 
ameter, and  of  extra  heavy  pipe,  and  the  work  shall  be  done  as 
directed  by  the  city  engineer. 

SECT.  10.  Every  person  licensed  as  provided  in  the  preceding 
section  shall,  before  performing  any  work  authorized  thereby, 
execute  a  bond  to  the  city  in  the  sum  of  two  thousand  dollars, 
with  two  good  and  sufficient  sureties,  to  be  approved  by  the  city 
engineer  conditioned  that  he  shall  comply  with  the  terms  of  the 
permit  under  which  entrance  is  made  ;  that  he  will  cause  the 
excavation  to  be  properly  fenced  during  the  whole  time  the  street 
is  obstructed  ;  that  he  will,  when  necessary,  maintain  one  or  more 
lighted  lanterns  in  a  conspicuous  place  over  such  obstruction 
from  twilight  in  the  evening  and  through  the  whole  night ;  that 
he  will  properly  make  all  entrances  to  the  sewers,  and  will  leave 
no  obstruction  of  any  description  in  the  sewer  which  he  may 
open ;  that  he  will  properly  close  the  excavation,  restore  the 
earth  and  pavements  taken  up,  and  re-grade  and  re-pave  that  part 
of  the  street  which  has  been  excavated,  and  keep  it  in  a  good 
and  satisfactory  condition  for  a  period  of  one  year  thereafter, 
and  that  if  he  fails  to  do  so,  the  street  may  be  repaired  by  the 
street  department  and  the  expense  thereof  charged  to  him ;  and 
that  he  will  repay  the  city  such  expense,  and  that  he  will  in- 
demnify and  hold  harmless  the  city  from  any  damage  or  cost  to 
which  it  may  be  put  by  reason  of  injuries  resulting  to  any  one 
from  neglect  or  carelessnes  in  making  or  repairing  such  drain,  or 
in  properly  fencing  or  lighting  any  excavation  or  obstruction,  or 
in  performing  any  other  work  connected  therewith. 

SECT.  11.  No  private  drain  shall  be  entered  into  any  com- 
mon sewer,  or  into  any  private  drain  connected  with  any  common 
sewer,  without  a  permit  in  writing  from  the  city  engineer ;  and 
on  the  completion  of  the  work,  the  permit  shall  be  returned  to 
the  office  of  the  city  engineer,  indorsed  by  the  layer  of  the 
drain,  with  a  statement  of  his  proceedings  thereunder.  The  city 
engineer  is  authorized  to  grant  such  permits  for  estates  which 
abut  on  the  sewer  into  which  an  entrance  is  desired.  Each  per- 
mit shall  be  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  and  shall 
state  in  detail  the  premises  to  which  it  applies,  and  the  time, 


CHAP.  23.]  SEWERS.  125 

place,  manner  and  construction  of  such  entrance.     Each  permit   Permit  may  be 

subject  to 
may,  at  the  discretion  of  the   city  engineer,  be  subject  to  the   conditions. 

condition  that  such  entrance  be  made  in  the  presence  of  any 
inspector  appointed  by  the  city  engineer.  No  private  drain 
from  any  estate  or  part  of  an  estate  not  already  assessed,  or 
not  liable  to  assessment  for  the  cost  of  the  sewer,  shall  be 
entered  into  such  sewer,  except  by  the  consent  of  the  board 
of  aldermen. 

SECT.  12.     The  city  engineer,  under  the  direction  of  the  board   City  engineer 

.  .  authorized  to 

of  health,   is   authorized  to  permit,  under   such   restrictions  as   permit,  under 

direction  of 

said   board  may  deem  expedient,  the  construction  of   sufficient   the  board  of 

health, 

passage  ways  or  conduits  under  ground  for  the  purpose  of  con-  conduits  from 
,,-,..,  „  any  vault  to  a 

veymg  the  liquid  contents  oi  any  vault  into  any  common  sewer,    sewer. 

SECT.  lo.     No  drain  connecting  with  a  common  sewer,  subject   Plug,  etc.,  to 
to  the  action  of  tide-water,  shall  be  constructed  without  a  plug   of  tide  water. 
or  clapper  to  prevent  completely  the  reflux  of  drainage  matter, 
and  storm  or  tide-waters. 

SECT.   14.     All  drains  not   now  built  in  accordance  with  the   Drains  shall  be 
requirements  herein,   shall   be  reconstructed  so   as  to  conform   etc.°m       /ed> 
thereto,  whenever,  in  the  opinion  of  the  board  of  aldermen,  it 
may  be  necessary. 

SECT.   If).     No   exhaust  from  a  steam-engine  and  no  blow-off  Exhausts  from 
from  a  steam  boiler,  shall  be  connected  with  any  common  sewer 
or  private  drain. 

SECT.  16.     Whoever  cuts  into,  interferes  with  or  obstructs  a  Penalty  for 
common   sewer,  or   enters    a   private   drain   therein,    except  as  ^{fhfo"ng 
herein  provided,  or  places  or  deposits  in  any  street  catch-basin   g^™ ctmg  a 
any  animal   or  vegetable   matter,  solid   or  liquid,  or   any  other 
filthy  substance,  or  violates  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  chapter, 
shall  be  liable  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  one  dollar,  and  not 
more  than  twenty  dollars. 

SECT.  17.     Plans  and  descriptions  of  all  common  sewers  be-  p]ans  of 
longing  to  the  city,  with  a  true  record  of  the  charges  for  making  toVberkepthere 
and-  repairing  the  same,  and  all  assessments   therefor,  shall  be  p-  s- c-  50' §  u- 
kept  in  the  rooms  occupied  by  the  city  engineer.     Said  rooms 
shall  be,  for  the  purposes  of  this  chapter,  a  part  of  the  office  of 
the  city  clerk 


126 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  24. 


Sinking  fund 
department  to 
be  in  charge  of 
the'commis- 
sioners  of  the 
sinking  funds. 
How  chosen. 
P.  S.  C.  2»,  §  10. 
1891,  c.  264,  §  9. 


Vacancy. 


No  member  of 
city  council  to 
be  appointed. 

Duties. 
P.  S.  c.  29, 
§§  10, 11. 


Loans  for 
what  time 
negotiated. 
P.  S.  c.  29,  §  8. 
S.  1882,  c.  155. 


Bonds  to  state 
for  what 

Kurpose 
ssued. 


Amount  of 

appropriation  s 

for  sinking 

funds. 

P.  S.  c.  29,  §  9. 


CHAPTER   24. 

SINKING    FUND. 

SECTION  1.  The  sinking  fund  department  shall  be  under  the 
charge  of  a  board  of  six  commissioners  to  be  styled  commissioners 
of  the  sinking  funds,  two  of  whom  shall  be  appointed  in  the 
month  of  April  of  each  year  by  the  mayor,  subject  to  confirma- 
tion by  the  board  of  aldermen,  to  hold  their  office  for  the  term 
of  three  years  from  the  first  Wednesday  of  the  May  following 
their  appointment.  A  vacancy  in  said  board  may  be  filled  for 
the  unexpired  term  at  any  time  in  the  manner  provided  for  the 
original  appointment.  ~No  member  of  the  city  council  shall  be 
a  member  of  such  board. 

SECT.  2.  The  commissioners  of  the  sinking  funds  shall  have 
the  care  and  control  of  all  funds  created  for  the  payment  or 
redemption  of  the  city  debt,  except  those  pertaining  to  the  water 
loan.  They  shall  receive  all  moneys  paid  to  them  on  account  of 
the  sinking  funds,  and  shall  invest  the  same  in  some  safe  manner 
for  the  benefit  of  the  sinking  funds. 

SECT.  3.  All  loans  for  public  buildings  and  lands  therefor, 
for  constructing  and  improving  bridges  except  for  Harvard 
bridge,  for  taking,  raising  and  improving  low  lands,  for  laying 
out  and  paving  streets,  purchasing  public  lands  and  widening 
streets,1  other  than  for  park  and  water  purposes  shall  be  nego- 
tiated for  ten  years.1  or  for  such  other  periods  of  time  as  may 
hereafter  be  authorized.  All  loans  for  constructing  sewers  shall 
be  negotiated  for  not  exceeding  twenty  years.  The  Harvard 
bridge  loan  shall  be  negotiated  for  not  exceeding  thirty  years. 
1A11  other  loans  for  park  and  other  purposes  now  and  that  may 
hereafter  be  authorized  shall  be  negotiated  for  such  periods  of 
time  as  shall  not  exceed  the  time  or  times  designated  respec- 
tively in  the  act  or  acts  authorizing  the  same.  Bonds  issued  for 
all  loans  shall  bear  upon  their  face  the  purpose  for  which  they 
were  issued. 

For  sinking  funds  to  redeem  at  maturity  such  several  author- 
ized loans  of  the  city,  there  shall  be  annually  appropriated  and 
raised  by  taxation,  on  account  of  loans  made  for  ten  years,  a  sum 
equal  to  eight  and  one-half  per  cent  thereof ;  on  account  of  loans 
made  for  twenty  years,  a  sum  equal  to  three  and  one-half  per 
cent  thereof ;  and  on  account  of 1  any  such  loans  and  any  and  all 

i  Amended  March  7, 1894. 


CHAP.  24.]  SINKING  FUND.  127 

other  loans  that  are  now  and  may  hereafter  be  made  for  thirty 

years,  a  sum  equal  to  two  per  cent  thereof ; l  and  on  account  of 

loans  that  may  hereafter  be  made  for  forty  years,  a  sum  equal 

to  one    and    one-eighth  per   cent   thereof ;    and   all   amounts   so   when  to  be 

raised  by  taxation  shall  annually,  on  or  before  the  thirtieth  day   pais.'c.  29,  §  n. 

of  November,  be  paid  by  the  city  treasurer  to  such  board.     And 

whenever  any  payment  is  so  made  before  the  thirtieth  day  of 

November,  interest  shall  be  paid  theron,  by  the  commissioners 

of  the  sinking  funds,  from  the  time  of  said  payment  until  said 

thirtieth  day  of  November,  at  such  rates  as  the  committee  on 

finance  shall,  from  time  to  time,  determine. 

SECT.  4.     The  board  shall,  at  the  close  of  each  financial  year.   Board  to 
certify  to  the  auditor  the  amounts  hereunder  required  to  be  raised  amounts 
by  taxation  for  the  several  funds,  which  amounts  shall  be  put  p6/^.1™^,^. 
into  the  yearly  appropriation  the  next  succeeding  year. 

SECT.  5.     When  a  debt  to  be  paid  from  a  sinking  fund  becomes  Board  to 
due,  the  board  shall  furnish  the  city  treasurer  from  the  funds  in  treasurer1  sums 
its  care  for  such  payment  the  sum  required,  taking  his  receipt  PtyUSt8t0due. 
therefor. 

SECT.  6.  The  board  shall  annually,  in  December,  report  to  the  Annual  report, 
city  council  the  exact  condition  of  the  several  funds  under  its  p'  Sp  c*  29'  * n' 
control  to  the  first  day  of  said  month. 


NOTE.  By  authority  of  section  eight,  chapter  one  hundred  and  fifty-three  of  the 
acts  of  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-five,  the  mayor,  city  treasurer,  and  president  of 
the  common  council,  for  the  time  being,  are  trustees  of  the  sinking  fund  of  the  water 
works. 

i  Amended  March  7, 1894. 


128 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  25. 


CHAPTER  25. 


Street 

department  to 
be  in  charge  of 
the  superin- 
tendent of 
streets. 
1891,  c.  364, 
§§  9,  10. 

His  powers 
and  duties. 


Obstruction 
of  street. 


Shall  hire  and 

control 

em  poly  es,  etc. 


Shall  make  all 
contracts. 


Highways, 
etc.,  when 
unsafe  shall  be 
fenced  off. 


STREET. 

SECTION  1.  The  street  department  shall  be  under  the  charge 
of  the  superintendent  of  streets,  who  shall  hold  his  office  for  the 
term  of  one  year  from  the  first  day  of  May  in  the  year  of  his 
appointment  and  until  his  successor  shall  be  appointed. 

SECT.  2.  The  superintendent  of  streets  shall,  under  the  direc- 
tion and  control  of  the  mayor,  have  the  general  care  and  charge 
of  the  highways,  streets,  bridges,1  and  public  squares l  belonging  to 
the  city,  and  shall  attend  to  the  making,  mending  and  alteration 
thereof,  and  cause  the  same  to  be  kept  in  good  repair,  so  as  to 
be  safe  and  convenient  for  travellers  with  their  horses  and  car- 
riages, at  all  seasons  of  the  year.  He  shall  place  suitable  street 
signs  on  each  street  at  convenient  distances  apart.  He  shall 
keep  the  entrances  to  the  catch-basins  open  and  clear  of  ice  in 
cold  weather,  so  as  to  permit  the  flow  of  surface  water  into  them. 
He  shall  see  that  the  highways,  streets  and  sidewalks  are  kept 
in  good  order,  and  that  all  nuisances  and  obstructions  therein  are 
forthwith  removed,  or  give  notice  thereof  to  the  mayor  or  chief 
of  police.  And  in  case  of  the  blockade  or  obstruction  of  any 
street,  the  person  causing  such  blockade  or  obstruction  shall 
forthwith  notify  the  superintendent  of  streets  and  the  chief  of 
police  thereof. 

1  SECT.  4.     He  shall  have  the  right  to  hire,  and  the  general 
control  of,  all  persons  employed  in  his  department,  and  shall 
have  the  custody  and  management  of  the  horses,  carts,  stables, 
shops,  sheds  and  all  other  property   connected  with  the  street 
department,    and    shall   keep   the  same  in  good   condition   and 
repair  ;  and  he  may  make  all  authorized  contracts  for  the  supply 
of  any  labor  or  materials  required  in  the  discharge  of  his  official 
duty.     He  shall  annually,  in  the  month  of  December,  present  to 
the    city  council  a  report    showing   the   detailed  expenses,  the 
material  and  other  property  on  hand,  a  detailed  account  of  work 
done,  and  other  facts  in  relation  to  his  department. 

2  SECT.  6.     Whenever  any  highway,  street  or  bridge  is  from  any 
cause  unsafe  or  inconvenient  for  travellers,  he  shall  forthwith 
put  up  a  suitable  fence  across  such  highway,  street  or  bridge, 
and  exclude  all  travellers  from  passing  over  the  same  ;  or  cause 
the  parts  thereof,  so  rendered  unsafe   and   inconvenient,  to  be 

i  Amended  March  13, 1894. 

1  Section  3  repealed  March  13, 1894. 

2  Section  5  repealed  May  1, 1895. 


CHAP.  23.]  STREET.  129 

enclosed  by  a  sufficient  fence,  which  shall  be  kept  standing  so 

long  as  the  same  remains  unsafe  and  inconvenient  ;  and  he  shall   Sha!]  J>e  lighted 

also  fix  one  or  more  lighted  lanterns  to  such  fence,  or  in  some 

other  proper  manner,  to  be  there  kept  every  night,  from  twilight 

in  the  evening  through  the  night,  so  long  as  such  fence  is  kept 

standing. 

SKCT.  7.     Whenever  the  superintendent  of  streets  is  about  to   Superin- 
construct  a  new  street,  or  to  break  up  the  surf  ace  of  any  street,   notify  other 

he  shall,  at  least  two  weeks  before  beginning  work,  notify  the   etc?,  of™ 

proposed  con- 
City   engineer,   as   head   ot   the   sewer  department,  the   superin-  structionof 

tendent  of  lamps  and  the  water  board,  the  Cambridge  Gas  Light   streets?0 

Company  and  the  West  End  Street  Railway  Company.     If  either 

of  these  departments  or  corporations  has  any  work  to  be  done  in 

the  street  so   designated,  it  shall  consult  and  arrange  with  the 

superintendent  of  streets,  in  order  that  such  work  may  be  done 

before  the  surface  of  such  street  is  again  prepared  for  and  open 

to  public  travel.     After  such  notice  and  opportunity  have  been 

given,  neither  of  the  three  departments  of  sewers,  lamps  or  water, 

nor  said  corporations,  shall,  for  the  space  of  six  months,  break  up 

such  street  within  the  area  of  such  previous  disturbance,  except 

in  case  of  obvious  necessity,  to  be  certified  to  and  approved  by 

the  mayor.1 

(.mil   X  n  in  IK'  i:^. 


SKCT.  8.     The  several  streets   in  the  city  shall  continue  to  be  Names  of 
called  and  known  by  the  names  heretofore  given  to  them,  until 
such  names  are  altered  by  the  city   council.     The  city  council 
shall  give  names  to  all  streets  hereafter  laid  out,  and  may  change 
the  name  of  a  street  at  any  time. 

SKCT.  9.  The  board  of  aldermen  may  order  numbers  in  regular  street 
series,  at  the  expense  of  the  owner  or  occupant,  of  such  form, 
size  and  material,  and  in  such  mode,  place,  succession  and  order, 
as  it  may  determine,  to  be  affixed  to  or  inscribed  upon,  all  build- 
ings on  any  street.  Any  owner  or  person  having  the  control  of 
any  such  building,  refusing  or  neglecting  so  to  affix  to,  or  inscribe 
upon  the  same,  the  number  designated  by  the  board,  or  allowing 
any  other  number  to  remain  thereon  more  than  one  week  after 
notice  so  to  affix  or  inscribe,  shall  be  liable  to  a  penalty  of  not 
less  than  one  dollar  and  not  more  than  twenty  dollars. 

Excavations,  Obstructions  <nnl  Projections  In  Streets. 

-  S  i:<  T.  10.     No  person  shall   break  or  dig  up  the  ground  or   NO  street  to  be 
stones  in  any  street,  or  on  any  sidewalk,  or  erect  any  staging  for   without?6 
building,  or  place  or  deposit  any  stone,  bricks,  timber,  or  building 
materials  thereon,  or  otherwise  occupy,  obstruct,  or  encumber  the 

1  Repealed  Nov.  18,  1896. 

2  Amended  April.  13,  1893. 


130 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  25. 


Licenses  for 

obstructing 

streets. 


Bond  to  be 
given. 


Obstruction  to 
be  fenced. 


Fences  to  be 
lighted. 


Foot  path  to  be 
maintained. 


Streets  requir- 
ing repaving 
and  resurfac- 
ing within  one 
year  from  time 
of  excavation. 


same,  without  first  obtaining  a  written  license  from  the  l  superin- 
tendent of  streets  for  that  purpose,  and  complying  in  all  respects 
with  the  conditions  of  such  license. 

2  SECT.  11.  The  superintendent  of  streets  may  grant  licenses 
in  writing  to  persons  having  authority  in  the  premises  to  open, 
occupy,  obstruct,  encumber  and  use  parts  of  any  street  or  side- 
walk, and  every  such  license  shall  specify  the  time,  place,  size 
and  use  of  such  opening,  occupation  or  obstruction,  and  the 
time  within  which  the  street  must  be  put  in  a  condition  satisfac- 
tory to  the  superintendent  of  streets,  and  each  license  so  granted 
shall  be  upon  the  condition  that  the  person  accepting  the  same 
shall  conform  to  the  statutes  and  ordinances  of  the  city  in  force 
and  that  may  thereafter  be  in  force,  and  to  the  specifications  in 
the  license ;  that  the  license  may  be  revoked  at  any  time  by  the 
superintendent  of  streets ;  that  before  performing  any  work 
authorized  by  said  license  the  party  licensed  shall  execute  a  bond 
to  the  city  conditioned  as  required  by  the  ordinances  of  the  city, 
and  subject  to  the  additional  condition  that  he  will  cause  the 
excavation  and  obstruction  to  be  properly  fenced  during  the 
whole  time  the  street  is  opened  and  obstructed ;  that  he  will 
place  and  maintain  from  the  beginning  of  twilight,  through  the 
whole  of  the  night,  over  or  near  the  place  so  occupied,  opened, 
obstructed  or  used,  and  over  or  near  any  dirt,  gravel  or  other 
material  when  thereupon  or  to  be  used  by  him,  a  light  or  lights 
fixed  to  said  fence  or  in  some  other  proper  manner  sufficient  to 
protect  travellers  from  injury ;  shall  place  and  maintain  a  safe 
and  convenient  way  for  the  use  of  foot  travellers,  and  a  safe  and 
convenient  passage  for  public  travel  around  or  over  such  place ; 
that  if  he  does  not,  within  the  time  prescribed  by  said  superin- 
tendent, put  the  street  into  good  condition,  satisfactory  to  said 
superintendent,  he  will  pay  whatever  sum  the  said  superintendent 
shall  expend  for  putting  it  into  good  condition,  and  that  he  will 
deliver  up  the  license  to  the  superintendent  of  streets  on  or 
before  the  expiration  of  the  time  fixed  in  the  license  for  com- 
pleting the  work  or  any  extension  or  extensions  of  the  same. 
Said  superintendent  may,  in  addition  to  said  specifications,  specify 
in  the  license,  or  after  the  issuing  thereof,  in  writing,  the  kind 
of  rail  or  fence  to  enclose  the  place,  and  the  kind  of  way  over  or 
around  such  place,  and  the  manner  of  constructing  the  same  ;  and 
nothing  herein  contained  shall  be  construed  to  prevent  the  inser- 
tion in  the  license  of  any  other  specification  deemed  advisable  by 
the  superintendent  of  streets. 

Should  any  portion  of  the  street  which  has  been  excavated 
require  repaving  or  resurfacing  within  a  period  of  one  year  from 

i  Amended  Nov.  18,  1896. 
2Amended  April  13, 1893. 


CHAP.  25.1  STREET.  13 

the  time  it  has  been  disturbed,  the  superintendent  of  streets  shall, 
by  mail,  postage  prepaid,  notify  in  writing  the  person  applying 
for  the   license  under  authority   of  which  the  disturbance  was 
made,  to  forthwith  make  such  repairs  as,  in  the  opinion  of  said 
superintendent,    are  necessary,    and    in    case    of   the    failure    of 
the  said  person  to  make   such  repairs  within  twenty-four  hours 
after  the   sending  of  such  notice  aforesaid  to  the  last  known 
address  of  such  person,  the  superintendent  of  streets  shall  then   Superin- 
have  the  right  to  make  such  necessary  repairs,  and  the  expense   make0 
of  the  same  shall  be  paid  by  the  said  person,  and  all  amounts  repair*.17 
received  by  the  city  collector  for  work  done  or  materials  furnished 
under  the  direction  of  the  superintendent  of  streets,  as  above 
authorized,  shall  be  placed  to  the  credit,  and  to  be  used  as  a  part, 
of  the  appropriation  of  the  street  department. 

Whenever  any  street  is  opened,  occupied,  obstructed  or  encuin-  superin-     ^ 
bered  by  any  department  of  the  city,  or  any  corporation  or  person,   prevent 
the    superintendent   of   streets    shall   prevent   any   unnecessary  obTtructionT. 
obstruction  while  the  work  is  in  progress,  and  shall  see  that  the 
street  is  repaired  and  put  in  good  order  when  the  work  is  com- 
pleted.    If  the  street  is  not  repaired  to  his  acceptance  he  shall  streets  to  be 

put  in  proper 

forthwith  put  the  same  in  good  order,  and  shall  render  a  bill  for  repair. 
the  expense  of  such  repair  to  the  department,  corporation  or  per- 
son whose  duty  it  was  to  repair  the  street.     All  openings  made   openings  in 
in  the  street  for  any  purpose  whatever  shall  be  filled  back  in  j£^S£:ed!ow 
layers   six  inches  in  depth,   and  each   layer  shall  be  properly 
rammed  and,  when  necessary,   shall  be   wet   down  to  prevent 
settling  of  the  filling. 

Before  any  license  hereinbefore  described  is  delivered  to  any  Bond  to  be 
person  for  the  applicant  therefor,  such  person,  unless  he  is  an 
employee  of  the  city,  employed  on  public  work,  shall  certify  that  delivere(1- 
a  copy  of  the  license  entered  in  a  book  kept  for  the  purpose  is  a 
correct  copy  of  the  license  he  received,  and  the  applicant,  unless 
the  application  is  made  in  behalf  of  a  department  of  the  city  or 
by  a  person  who  has  given  bond  and  who  applies  for  a  license  in 
accordance  with  the  provisions  of  chapter  22  of  the  Revised 
Ordinances'  of  1892,  shall  give  a  bond  in  the  sum  of  one  thousand 
dollars  with  one  or  more  sureties  conditioned  to  the  faithful 
observance  of  the  condition  and  specifications  of  every  and  all 
such  licenses  issued  to  the  applicant,  and  the  superintendent  of 
streets  may  at  any  time  require  a  new  bond  which  shall  be  con- 
sidered a  strengthening  bond,  unless  the  sureties  on  the  former 
bond  are  expressly  released  from  their  liability  by  vote  of  the 
city  council. 

Whenever  any  department  of  the  city,  or  any  corporation  or   obstruction 


person  shall  lawfully  make  any  opening  or  cause  any  obstruction  be 

superin- 
tendent. 


132 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  25. 


Violations'of 
conditions  of 
license. 


Defects  in 
public  ways. 


Licenses  to 
persons  repair- 
ing water 
pipes,  etc, 


Licenses  for 
raising  and 
lowering 
goods,  etc., 
into  and  from 
buildings. 


Lights  not  to 

be 

extinguished. 

Penalty. 


Gates  or  doors 
not  to  swing 
outwards. 


in  any  street,  such  department,  corporation  or  person  shall  be 
held  responsible  for  any  damages  that  may  result  from  such 
opening  or  obstruction  for  a  period  of  one  year  from  the  time 
of  making  the  same. 

Said  superintendent  shall  not  issue  any  such  license  to  a  person 
who  has  within  one  year  previous  to  his  application  violated  or 
failed  to  observe  the  conditions  or  specifications  of  any  such 
license  without  special  authority  of  the  city  council. 

Said  superintendent  shall  keep  a  record  of  the  notices  of 
defects  sent  to  him,  with  the  name  of  any  person  giving  the 
notice,  and  the  time  when  given,  and  he  shall  without  delay  cause 
the  locality  of  the  alleged  defect  to  be  examined,  and,  if  the 
defect  is  of  such  a  character  as  to  endanger  the  safety  of  public 
travel,  shall  do  whatever  may  be  necessary  to  prevent  the  public 
from  injury  by  the  defect,  and  cause  it  to  be  immediately 
repaired  ;  and  every  person  in  the  employ  of  the  city  shall  send 
to  said  superintendent  notice  of  every  defect  of  which  he  has 
any  knowledge. 

SECT.  12.  Said  superintendent  shall  grant  such  a  license  to  a 
person  who  presents  a  license  from  the  water  department  to 
repair  or  lay  water  pipes,  and  to  a  person  who  presents  a  license 
from  the  superintendent  of  lamps  to  connect  with  the  lamps  or 
pipes  of  the  city. 

Said  superintendent  may  grant  to  competent  persons  engaged 
in  the  business,  licenses  to  occupy  and  use  certain  portions  of  the 
streets  for  the  purpose  of  raising  and  lowering  goods  and  mer- 
chandise into  and  from  buildings,  on  condition  the  terms  of  which 
shall  be  those  stated  in  section  11  of  this  chapter,  so  far  as  the 
same  may  apply,  and  in  addition  that  the  person  applying  for  the 
license  shall  maintain,  during  the  whole  time  the  work  is  in 
progress,  good  and  sufficient  barriers  across  the  sidewalk,  from 
the  wall  of  the  building  to  or  from  which  they  are  so  raised,  out 
to  the  curbstone  or  edge  of  the  sidewalk,  on  each  side  of  said 
goods  or  merchandise,  sufficient  to  protect  travellers  from  injury 
or  danger ;  and  that  he  will  not  encumber  the  sidewalk  for  more 
than  fifteen  minutes  at  a  time  for  such  work. 

SECT.  13.  Whoever  maliciously  or  wantonly,  and  without 
legal  cause,  extinguishes  or  diminishes  a  light  fixed  in  accordance 
with  the  provisions  of  section  six,  or  of  section  1  eleven,  shall 
be  liable  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  ten  nor  more  than  twenty 
dollars. 

SECT.  14.  No  person  shall  make,  erect  or  maintain  any  gate 
or  door  in  or  upon  any  street  in  such  manner  that,  when  opening 
the  same,  it  shall  swing  over  such  street. 

i  Amended  April  13,  1893. 


CHAP.  25.]  STREET.  133 

SECT.  15.     No  person  shall  make,  erect  or  maintain  any  door-  Doorsteps, 
step,   portico,   porch,   entrance   or  passage-way  to   any  cellar  or  entrances  to 
basement  or  any  other  structure,  in  or  upon  any  street,  without   etc  .regulated, 
permission  in  writing,  from  the  superintendent  of  streets  when 
authorized  by  the  board  of  aldermen.     No  person  shall  suffer  the 
platform  or  grate  of  the  entrance  or  passage-way  to  his  cellar  or 
basement  in  any  street,  to  rise  above  the  even  surface  of  such 
street ;  and  every  such  entrance  or  passage-way  shall  either  be 
kept  covered  by  a  suitable  and  substantial  platform  or  grate,  or, 
in  case  it  is  kept  open,  it  shall  be  guarded  and  protected  by  a 
sufficient  railing,  on  both  sides  thereof,  at  least  two  feet  and  a 
half  high,  and  well  lighted  at  night. 

SECT.  16.     If  any  person  digs  or  sinks,  or  causes  to  be  dug  or  Fences  shall  be 
sunk,  any  well,  cistern,  drain  or  other  cavity  in  the  ground,  near  SreUs?  cisterns, 
to  or  adjoining  any  street,  he  shall  put  up  and  at  all  times  keep   etc''  m 
up,  so  long  as  it  is  necessary  for  the  purpose,  a  railing  or  fence, 
on  or  near  the  line  of  such  street,  sufficient  to  guard  and  protect 
travellers   and  passengers   from   falling   into   said  well,  cistern, 
drain  or  other  cavity. 

Use  of  Streets. 

SECT.    17.     No  person  shall  move,  or   assist   in  moving,   any   Removal  of 
building  through  or  upon   any   street,   unless   a  written  license   pu  sdcng53,  §  IT. 
therefor   has    been    first    obtained    from    the    superintendent    of 
streets  upon  the  authority  of  the  board  of  aldermen,  specifying 
the  terms  and  conditions  on  which  such  removal  may  be  made. 
No  such  license  shall  be  authorized  without  public  notice  and 
opportunity    for   hearing.     No   person   thus    licensed    shall    act   Bond, 
under  his  license  until  he  has  filed  with  the  superintendent  of 
streets  a  bond,  with  sufficient  surety,  satisfactory  in  amount  to 
the  mayor,  to  indemnify  the  city  from  all  loss  and  damage  by 
reason  of  such  removal.     No  building  shall  be  removed  through   chimney  to  be 
any  street  until  the  chimneys  of  the  building  have  been  taken  takendown- 
down  even  with  the  roof. 

SECT.  18.     No  person  shall  run  a  snow-plow  or  remove  snow   gnowfrom 
from  the  tracks  of  a  street  railway  in  the  streets  of  the  city,   to^^enioved. 
unless  he  removes  from  such  streets,  outside  of  the  tracks  and     '&'c' 
between  the  rails  and  the  sidewalks,  an  amount  of  snow  sufficient 
to  make  such  streets  safe  and  convenient  for  public  travel ;  and 
all  removal  of  snow  from  the  streets  by  a  street  railway  corpora- 
tion shall  be  done  under  the  direction  and  to  the  satisfaction  of 
the  superintendent  of  streets. 

SECT.  19.     No  person  shall,  for  the  purpose  of  melting  snow  salt  shall  not 
on  the  tracks  or  rails  of  a  street  railway,  sprinkle  any  salt  or  railway  tracks, 
other  article  of  a  decomposing  nature  thereon,  or  cause  or  allow 


134 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  25. 


Rubbish,  etc., 
shall  not  be 
placed  in 
street,  except. 


Fuel  not  to 
remain 
unnecessarily 
on  sidewalk. 


Snow  or  ice 
thrown  in 
street  shall  be 
broken  up. 


Sidewalks,  by 
whom  to  be 
kept  in  repair. 


Kecord  of 
streets  and 
sidewalks. 


Plank  walks 
on  sidewalks. 


such  sprinkling  to  be  done ;  nor  shall  any  person  for  such,  pur- 
pose wash  street  railway  tracks  or  rails  or  cause  them  to  be 
washed  with  brine  or  pickle,  except  by  the  written  permission  of 
the  superintendent  of  streets. 

SECT.  20.  No  person  shall  deposit  in  any  street,  except  as 
herein  otherwise  provided,  any  dead  shrub  or  tree,  trimmings  of 
shrubs  or  trees,  post,  pole  or  other  article,  earth  from  cellars 
or  any  rubbish,  unless  the  same  shall  be  immediately  removed 
therefrom,  at  the  expense  of  the  owner  or  other  person  making 
such  deposit ;  provided,  that  during  the  months  of  April,  May 
and  November  in  each  year,  owners  or  occupants  of  premises 
may,  on  twenty-four  hours'  notice  to  the  superintendent  of 
streets,  obtain  the  removal  of  such  dead  shrubs  and  trees  or 
trimmings  of  shrubs  and  trees  as  may  have  accumulated  therein, 
the  same  being  deposited  in  the  street  against  the  sidewalk 
adjoining  said  premises. 

SECT.  21.  No  person  shall  suffer  his  fire-wood,  coal  or  other 
fuel,  in  any  quantity,  to  remain  unnecessarily  in  any  street  over 
night,  or  after  twilight  in  the  evening.  If  the  same  must,  of 
necessity,  remain  after  twilight,  or  through  the  night,  the  owner 
thereof  shall  place  and  keep  a  sufficient  light  over  or  near  the 
same  through  the  night,  in  order  to  give  notice  thereof  to 
travellers. 

SECT.  22.  Whoever  throws  or  puts,  or  causes  to  be  thrown  or 
put  into  any  street,  any  snow  or  ice,  shall  cause  the  same  to  be 
broken  into  small  pieces  and  spread  evenly  over  the  surface 
of  such  street.  But  no  snow  or  ice  shall  be  thrown  or  put  into 
any  street,  or  upon  any  bridge,  contrary  to  the  orders  of  the 
superintendent  of  streets. 

Sidewalks. 

SECT.  23.  All  sidewalks  shall  be  kept  in  repair  at  the  expense 
of  the  city ;  provided,  however,  that  all  such  repairs  of  the  same 
as  shall  be  rendered  necessary  by  any  act  of  the  owner  or  occu- 
pant of  the  adjoining  land,  or  by  any  defect  in  the  buildings 
thereon,  or  by  any  other  cause  under  the  control  of  such  owner 
or  occupant,  shall  be  made  by  such  owner  or  occupant ;  and  if  he 
neglects  to  make  such  repairs,  the  same  shall  be  made  by  the 
city,  at  his  expense. 

SECT.  24.  The  city  clerk  shall  enter,  in  a  book  kept  for  the 
purpose,  the  names  of  all  the  streets  in  the  city,  alphabetically 
arranged  ;  and  also  a  list  of  all  sidewalks,  the  date  of  the  accept- 
ance, and  the  names  of  the  owners  of  the  adjacent  estates. 

SECT.  25.  No  person  shall  place  upon  any  sidewalk  any  board 
or  plank  walk,  without  first  obtaining  a  written  license  from  the 


CHAP.  25.]  STREET.  135 

superintendent  of  streets  authorized  by  the  board  of  aldermen  : 
and  walks  hereafter  laid  under  authority  of  such  license  shall  be 
not  less  than  three  feet  wide,  and  made  in  sections  not  more  than 
twelve  feet  long,  of  spruce  or  pine  lumber,  of  uniform  thickness 
of  not  less  than  one  nor  more  than  two  inches  ;  and  each  section 
shall  be  cross-tied  every  three  feet  in  length,  with  two  by  four- 
inch  joist.  Such  walks  shall  be  constructed  in  accordance  with 
a  plan  in  the  office  of  the  city  engineer,  shall  be  subject  to  the 
approval  of  the  mayor,  and  shall  be  removed  whenever  in  the 
judgment  of  the  board  of  aldermen  public  safety  and  convenience 
requires  such  removal ;  provided,  that  exceptions  may  be  made  in 
relation  to  the  requirement  concerning  the  width  of  plank  walks, 
in  cases  where  the  sidewalk  is  too  narrow  to  admit  of  the  pre- 
scribed width,  and  in  such  cases  the  board  of  aldermen  may 
make  and  allow  any  necessary  change. 

Plank  walks,  authorized  as  hereinbefore  provided,  shall  be 
laid  and  kept  in  proper  condition  by  the  respective  owners 
thereof,  and  the  same  shall  be  taken  up  by  such  owners  during 
the  spring  months  whenever  the  superintendent  of  streets  shall 
so  direct. 

SECT.  26.     No  person  shall  make,  or  cause  to  be  made,  any   coal-holes,  etc. 
aperture  in  or  under  any  street  or  sidewalk,  for  the  purpose  of 
constructing  a  coal  hole,  or  receptacle  for  any  other  article,  or  for 
light  and  air,  or  for  any  other  purpose,  without  the  license  of 
the  superintendent  of  streets  authorized  by  the  board  of  alder- 
men ;  and  no  person  shall  leave  such  coal  hole  or  aperture  open 
or  unfastened,  except  while  actually  in  use.     No  coal  hole  in  a  size  of  cover, 
sidewalk  shall  be  made  or  maintained  more  than  eighteen  inches 
in  diameter,  nor  excepting  the  cover  therefor  is  made  of  iron  with 
a  rough  upper  surface  and  with  three  or  more  iron  rods  or  legs   Kind  of  cover, 
at  least  two  feet  in  length  fitting  closely  to  the  under  side  of 
the  cover,  and  so  constructed  that  while  the  cover  can  be  lifted 
perpendicularly,  it  cannot  be  tipped  or  easily  removed  from  the 
opening. 

SECT.  27.     No  person  shall  insert  a  sign  in  a  sidewalk  with-  signs  shall  not 
out  the  permission  of  the  superintendent  of  streets  authorized  by   sidewalks, 
the  board  of  aldermen ;  and  no  person  shall  permit  a  leader  or  conductors 
conductor  from  the  roof  of  a  building  owned  by  him  to  be  so   not  direct 
placed  or  maintained  as  to  direct  a  volume  of  water  upon  or  across   sidewalk, 
the  surface  of  the  sidewalk. 

SECT.  28.     Whoever  desires  the  removal  of  ashes  Accumulated  Ashes  and 

other  house 
from  the  burning  of  materials  for  heating  or  domestic  purposes 

only,  and  other  house  dirt,  not  including  house  offal,  shall  cause 
the  same  to  be  put  in  suitable  boxes  or  barrels,  and  set  upon 

1  Amended  April  20,  1899. 


136 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  25. 


Ashes  in  street 
after  dark, 
shall  be 
lighted. 


Snow  shall  be 
removed   from 
sidewalks. 


Penalty. 

P.  S.  c.  53,  §  7. 


Ice  to  be 
removed  from 
sidewalk  or 
covered  with 
sand,  etc. 
P.  S.  c.  53,  §  7. 


Penalty. 


Removal  of 
snow  and  ice 
where  more 
than  one 
tenant 
occupies 
house. 


the  sidewalk  adjoining  his  premises,  and  the  superintendent 
of  streets  shall  cause  such  removal  to  be  made  at  least  once 
in  each  week,  on  stated  days  for  different  portions  of  the  city  ; 
but  such  boxes  or  barrels  shall  not  be  placed  upon  any  sidewalk 
so  as  unnecessarily  to  prevent  the  convenient  use  thereof  by 
travellers.  Wherever  there  is  a  convenient  driveway  into  a  yard 
connected  with  any  dwelling-house,  the  superintendent  of  streets 
may,  at  his  convenience  and  upon  reasonable  notice,  cause  the 
city  teams  to  be  driven  into  such  yard,  and  to  remove  therefrom 
the  ashes  and  rubbish  before  mentioned  that  may  be  accumulated 
therein,  at  the  times  hereinbefore  specified. 

Any  person  having  or  leaving  after  dark  any  ashes,  rubbish,  or 
other  refuse  on  any  street  shall  cause  a  lighted  lantern  to  be  kept 
thereon  during  the  night. 

SECT.  29.  The  tenant  or  occupant,  or  any  person  having  the 
care  of  a  building  or  lot  of  land  bordering  on  a  street  where 
there  is  a  sidewalk  or  footway,  or,  if  there  is  no  tenant,  occupant 
or  other  person  having  the  care  of  the  whole  of  such  building  or 
lot,  the  owner  thereof,  shall,  within  twelve  hours  after  snow 
ceases  to  fall  in  the  daytime,  and  before  one  o'clock  on  the  after- 
noon after  a  fall  of  snow  during  the  night,  cause  all  snow  that 
may  be  on  such  sidewalk  or  footway  to  be  removed  therefrom  ; 
and  if  he  fails  so  to  do,  he  shall  be  liable  to  a  penalty  of  not  less 
than  two  nor  more  than  ten  dollars  :  and  for  each  and  every  hour 
thereafter  during  which  such  snow  remains  on  such  sidewalk  or 
footway,  he  shall  be  liable  to  a  further  penalty  of  not  less  than 
one  nor  more  than  ten  dollars.  The  provisions  of  this  section 
shall  apply  to  snow  which  falls  from  buildings  as  well  as  to  that 
which  falls  from  the  clouds. 

SECT.  30.  When  any  portion  of  a  sidewalk  is  encumbered 
with  ice,  the  tenant  or  occupant,  or  any  person  having  the  care 
of  the  building  or  lot  of  land  adjoining  such  sidewalk,  or,  in  case 
there  is  no  tenant,  occupant  or  other  person  having  the  care  of 
the  whole  of  such  building  or  lot,  the  owner  thereof  shall  cause 
such  sidewalk  to  be  made  safe  and  convenient  by  removing  the 
ice  therefrom,  or  by  keeping  the  same  covered  with  sand  or  some 
other  suitable  substance  ;  and  if  such  tenant,  occupant,  owner,  or 
other  person  neglects  so  to  do  for  the  space  of  six  hours  during 
the  daytime,  he  shall  be  liable  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  two 
nor  more  than  ten  dollars,  and  to  a  like  penalty  for  each  arid 
every  succeeding  day  during  which  such  sidewalk  continues  to 
be  so  encumbered. 

SECT.  31.  When  a  tenement-house  or  other  building  is  used 
or  occupied  by  more  than  one  tenant,  the  owner  or  person  having 
the  care  of  such  house  or  building  shall  cause  the  snow  and  ice  to 


CHAP.  25.]  STREET.       -  137 

be  removed  from  the  sidewalk  or  footway  adjoining  such  house 
or  building,  in  the  manner  provided  in  the  two  preceding  sec- 
tions, and  in  default  thereof  shall  be  liable  to  the  same  penalties  Penalty, 
as  are  therein  provided. 

SECT.  32.     Any  person  licensed  under  the  provisions  of   sec-  Person 

.  TTIT        licensed  to 

tions  ten  and  eleven  of  this  chapter,  whenever  so  ordered  by  the   encumber 

street  shall 

mayor  or  the  superintendent  ot  streets,  shall  erect  and  maintain   maintain  a 
in  good  condition,  day  and  night,  a  temporary  sidewalk  abutting   sidewalk.7 
upon  that  part  of  the   street  which  he  is  licensed  to  use   and 
obstruct,  not  less  than  three  feet  in  width,  made  of  sound  planks 
not  less  than  five  inches  wide  and  one  and  a  half  inches  thick, 
spaced  apart  one-half  an  inch,  securely  fastened  to  cross-bearers 
not  less  than  four   inches   square,  and  placed   at  intervals  not 
exceeding  four  feet.     Such  walk  is  to  be  properly  levelled  and 
made,  and  kept  safe  and  convenient  for  travellers.     Such  walk 
may  be  laid  in  sections  not  less  than  eight  feet  in  length. 

SECT.  33.     No  canopv,  awning;,  shade,  shade-frame  or  shade-  Awnings. 

shades,  etc. 
curtain,  unless  constructed  of  cloth  or  canvas  attached  to  an  iron   P.  s.  c.  28,  §  24 

frame,  securely  fastened  and  supported  from  above,  and  no  part 
less  than  1  seven  feet  above  the  level  of  the  sidewalk  over  which 
it  is  placed,  shall  hereafter  be  erected  or  maintained  within  the 
limits  of  any  street,  without  permission  of  the  superintendent 
of  streets  authorized  by  the  board  of  aldermen.2  And  no 
clothes  dryer  or  clothes  line,  and  no  clothes  or  garment  shall 
be  hereafter  placed  or  hung  over  a  sidewalk  or  within  the  limits 
of  any  street  without  such  permission.  All  permissions  given 
under  this  section  shall  be  in  writing,  signed  by  the  superin- 
tendent of  streets. 

SECT.  34.     Every  owner  of  an  estate  hereafter  maintaining  any   person 
cellar,  vault,  coal  hole  or  other  excavation  under  the  part  of  the   Sfy^afluJfe 
street  adjacent  to,  or  which  is  a  part  of,  his  estate,  shall  do  so  only   excavation 
on  condition  that  such  maintenance  shall  be  considered  as  an  £?  afreet, 'or 
agreement  on  his  part  to  hold  the  city  harmless  from  any  claim 
for  damages  to  himself  or  the  occupants  of  said  estate  resulting 
from   gas,   sewage   or  water   leaking   into   such   excavation,   and   etc.m  aH  *  ">88' 
every   such   owner,   and   every   owner  maintaining   a  post,   pole 
or  other  structure  in  or  over  a  street,  or  a  wire,  pipe,  conduit 
or  other  structure  under  a  street,  shall  do  so  only  on  the  condi- 
tion that  such  maintenance  shall  be  considered  as  an  agreement 
on  his  part  to  keep  the  same  and  the   covers  thereof  in   good 
repair  and  condition,  at  all  times  during  his  ownership,  and  to 
indemnify  and  save  harmless  the  city  against  any  and  all  dam- 
ages, costs,  expenses  or  compensation  which  it  may  sustain,  or 

1  Amended  June  16,  L898. 

2  Amended  June  30,  1893. 


138  REVISED  ORDINANCES.  [CHAP.  25. 

be  required  to  pay  by  reason  of  such  excavation  or  structure 
being  over,  under,  or  in  the  street,  or  being  out  of  repair  during 
his  ownership,  or  by  reason  of  any  cover  of  the  same  being  out 
of  repair  or  unfastened  during  his  ownership. 

Powers  of  Surveyor  of  Highways. 

Surveyor  of  SECT.  35.     The  provisions  of  this  chapter  shall  not  be  taken 

or  construed  as  limiting  in  any  manner  the  legal  rights  and 
duties  of  the  surveyor  of  highways  to  order  such  alterations 
and  repairs  in  streets  as  he  may  deem  that  the  safety  and  con- 
venience of  the  inhabitants  require. 


CH.\P.  26.]  TREASURE.  139 


CHAPTER  26. 

TREASURY. 

SECTION  1.  The  treasury  department  and  the  collection  of  department  to 
taxes  shall  be  under  the  charge  of  the  city  treasurer,  who  shall  city  treasurer, 
be  ex  oMcio  the  collector  of  taxes.  He  shall  hold  his  office  for  Appointment, 

,10,1  P    ™         i     •      ,1  o    S.  1891,  c.  364, 

the  term  of  one  year,  from  the  first  day  ot  March  in  the  year  01   §  20. 
his  election  and  until   his  successor   is   appointed   and  qualified.   General 
He  shall  receive,  receipt  for  and  have  the  care  and  custody  of  the  pu s?c.  27, 
current  funds  of  the  city,  and  also  of  all  moneys,  property  and 
securities  which  may  be  in  his  charge  by  virtue  of  any  statute  or 
ordinance,  or  by  virtue  of  any  gift,   devise,  bequest  or  deposit. 
He  shall  negotiate  all  loans  authorized  by  the  city  council,  and 
shall  sign  all  bonds,  notes  and  certificates  of  indebtedness  issued 
for  loans  to  the  city,  authorized  by  the  city  council.    As  collector 
of  taxes  he  shall  have  all  special  powers  conferred  on  a  treasurer 
appointed  collector  by  a  vote  of  the  city  council.     He  may  be  He  may  be 
elected  by  the  board  of  commissioners  of  sinking  funds,  to  serve  treasurer  of 

...  ,  in  •  commissioners 

as  the  treasurer  of  said  board,  and  in  such  case  shall  receive  in  of  sinking 
addition  to  his  salary,  the  salary  fixed  for  said  office.  pms.'c.  29,  §  10. 

Whenever  the  office  of  city  treasurer  shall  be  vacant,  the  city  vacancy, 
council  shall  fill  the  vacancy  in  the  same  manner  as  provided  for 
the  annual  election. 

SECT.  2.     The  treasurer  shall  pay  all  drafts,  checks  and  orders  Shall  pay  ail 

.   .    l  -iii        drafts,  etc. 

directed  to  him  from  the  auditing  department  as  provided  by 

ordinance,  for  the  payment  of  demands   against  the  city ;  shall, 

on  presentation  pay  all  executions  against  the  city  duly  certified 

as  correct  by  the  city  solicitor  ;  also,  all  bonds  issued  by  the  city, 

and  the  interest  on  the   same  as  they  or  it  becomes  due ;  shall  ainlondT61 

cancel  all  bonds  and  coupons  and  immediately  transmit  to  the 

city  auditor  the  bonds,  coupons  and  executions  so  paid. 

SECT.  3.     The  treasurer  shall  use  and  apply  in  such  manner  as  property,  etc., 
the  city  council  may  direct,  all  property,  money  and  securities  in  possession 
his  possession  at  the  close  of  each  financial  year.     The  financial 
year  shall  begin  with  the  first  day  of  December  in  each  year.  year.nci 

SECT.  4.     The  treasurer  shall  receive  and  have  the  care  and  §3(5.    >c' 
custody  of  all  sums  of  money  paid  by  persons  for  the  perpetual  shall  receive 
care  of  lots  in  the  Cambridge  cemetery,  and  give  the  vouchers  of 
the  city  therefor.      He   shall  notify   the   superintendent   of  the 
cemetery  of  all  such  payments  together  with  a  description  of  the 
lots  and   graves   on  account  of  which  such  payments   are  made, 


140 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  26. 


Interest  on 
cemetery  fund. 


Receipts  from 
dog  licenses. 


Such  moneys 
to  be  added  to 
appropriation. 

Bond. 
P.  S.  c.  27, 
§§  91,  92,  105. 


In  case  of 
death,  etc., 
new  bond. 


Failure  to  give 
new  bond. 


Shall  collect  all 
rents,  water- 
rates,  etc. 


Shall  report 
daily  receipts 
to  water 
registrar. 


Shall  keep  a 
record  of 
receipts  and 
payments. 


and  annually,  at  such  times  as  the  board  of  commissioners  of  the 
Cambridge  cemetery  requests,  shall  pay  over  to  them  six  per 
centum  as  interest  upon  all  sums  so  paid  to  and  receipted  for  by 
him  previous  to  December  thirtieth,  eighteen  hundred  and  eighty- 
five,  and  four  per  centum  upon  all  sums  paid  to  and  receipted 
for  by  him  thereafter.  He  shall  invest  such  moneys  in  some 
safe  manner,  and  pay  the  amount  of  interest  realized  thereon  into 
the  city  treasury.  The  fund  created  by  such  payments  shall  be 
denominated  "  the  cemetery  fund  for  the  perpetual  care  of  lots.'' 

SECT.  5.  The  treasurer  shall  receive  all  sums  of  money  paid 
under  the  provisions  of  the  one  hundred  and  seventh  section  of 
chapter  one  hundred  and  two  of  the  public  statutes  of  the  Com- 
monwealth, and  shall  forthwith  credit  the  amount  of  such  money 
to  the  appropriation  for  the  public  library. 

SECT.  6.  The  treasurer  shall  give  a  bond  in  such  form  as  the 
city  solicitor  shall  approve,  with  sufficient  sureties,  to  be  approved 
by  the  mayor  in  a  sum  not  less  than  forty  thousand  dollars,  which 
bond  shall  be  executed,  approved  and  delivered  before  he  enters 
upon  the  duties  of  his  office,  and  within  ten  days  after  his  elec- 
tion. Should  he  fail  to  give  such  bond  within  the  time  herein 
required,  the  election  shall  be  void  and  a  new  election  shall  be 
had  forthwith.  In  case  of  the  death  or  insolvency  of  any  of  the 
sureties  on  any  bond  so  given,  the  treasurer  shall  immediately 
notify  the  mayor  and  give  a  new  bond  with  sufficient  sureties  or 
surety,  which  new  bond  shall  be  a  strengthening  bond,  unless  the 
sureties  on  former  bond  are  expressly  released  from  further  lia- 
bility by  order  of  the  city  council ;  and  if  he  fails  to  give  such 
new  bond  within  a  reasonable  time  after  notice  to  do  so,  it  shall 
be  sufficient  cause  for  removal  from  office. 

SECT.  7.  The  treasurer  shall  be  the  collector  of  all  rents, 
water-rates  and  other  sums  payable  to  the  city,  not  otherwise 
specially  provided  for.  He  shall,  in  the  month  of  April  in  each 
year,  notify  all  persons  assessed  for  the  use  of  water  that  the 
annual  bills  for  water-rates  are  due  and  payable  at  his  office  011 
the  first  day  of  May  ;  and  he  shall  give  notice  of  and  collect  all 
other  bills  on  account  of  the  water-works,  which  may,  from  time 
to  time,  be  placed  in  his  hands  by  the  water  registrar.  He  shall 
supply  to  the  water  registrar  daily,  a  true  record  of  his  receipts 
011  account  of  the  water-works,  with  the  number  and  amount  of 
each  bill  collected. 

SECT.  8.  He  shall  keep,  in  books  provided  for  that  purpose,  an 
accurate  and  true  account  of  all  his  receipts  and  payments  as  city 
treasurer  and  collector  of  taxes,  making  the  same  conform  as 
nearly  as  may  be  with  the  accounts  kept  by  the  city  auditor. 
He  shall  credit  each  department  or  account  with  all  sums 


(/HAP.  26.]  TREASURY.    '  141 

received  on  its  account,  and  shall  charge  to  each  all  sums  paid 
out  on  such  accounts.     He  shall  not  pay  any  money  out  of  the   Shall  not  pay 
treasury  except   upon  orders  of  the  mayor  drawn  in  the  form  JXreasmy* 
prescribed   in   chapter  four  section  three,  or  except  for  special 
purposes   as   provided    in  the   fifth   and    sixth   sections   of   that 
chapter.     He   shall   annually,   in  December,   report  to  the   city  Annual 
council  a  written  statement,  in  detail,  of  receipts  and  expendi-  reP°rt- 
tures  for  the  year  ending  November  thirtieth,  arid  submit  a  copy 
thereof  to  the  mayor  and  the  finance  committee. 

SK<T.  (.>.  He  shall,  on  the  first  day  of  every  month,  report  fco  shall  report  to 
the  auditor  a  written  statement,  in  detail,  of  all  his  collections,  monthly^ 
receipts  and  disbursements  during  the  preceding  month,  with  the 
names  of  the  persons  of,  or  to  whom  and  on  what  account  the 
same  were  received  or  paid.  It  shall  be  sufficient,  in  reporting 
the  receipts  for  taxes,  assessments  and  water-rates,  to  state  the 
amount  received,  and  the  particular  warrant,  assessment  or 
account  upon  which  the  collection  was  made.  He  shall  also 
report  a  true  record  of  all  discounts,  abatements  and  repayments 
allowed  during  the  month  on  taxes,  assessments,  water-rates  or 
other  accounts. 

SECT.    10.     Whenever  any  assessments   for  defraying  the  ex-  sewerand 
penses  of  constructing  or  repairing  common  sewers,  or  of  com-  assessments. 
pleting  sidewalks,  are  delivered  to  the  treasurer  for  collection,   §§'-?,'ii.50' 
he  shall  forthwith  make  a  demand  in  writing  for  the  payment 
of  said  assessments  ;  and,  if  any  such  assessments  remain  unpaid 
for  three  months  after  such  demand,  and  no  notice  of  apportion- 
ments, or  request  therefor  be  filed  in  his  office,  he  shall  collect 
the    same    according   to   law.     Whenever   the   amount   due   and   Payments  on 
payable  on  any  mortgage   belonging  to  the  city  is  paid  to  the 
treasurer,  he  shall  certify  the  same  forthwith  to  the  mayor. 

SECT.  11.     After  heads  of  departments  shall  have  furnished  Pay.roiisof 
weekly  pay-rolls  of   such   employees  in  their  respective  depart- 
ments as  are  entitled  by  law  to  be  paid  weekly,  and  shall  have 
furnished  monthly  pay-rolls  for  all  other  employees,  stating  the 
name  and  residence  of  each  employee,  the  time  for  which  pay- 
ment is  to  be  made,  the  rate  of  wages  and  the  amount  due  him, 
and  after  such  pay-rolls  shall  have  been  properly  approved  and 
certified,  the  treasurer  shall,  in  person,  or  by  his  clerk,  make 
payment  to  such  employee,  his  authorized  agent  or  attorney,  and 
shall  take  therefor  the   receipt  of  no   other  person  than  such 
employee,  agent  or  attorney.     The  treasurer  shall  pay  all  em-  where  paid, 
ployees  of  the  city,  whose  names  are  borne  upon  such  pay-rolls, 
either  in  person  at  the  city  hall,  or  by  sending  a  clerk  or  pay- 
master to  pay  such  persons   at  the   place  where  they  are  em-  Transporta- 
ployed.     He   may   also    make    the    necessary    arrangements    for  paymaster. 


142 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  26. 


Salary  of 
treasurer. 


Fees,  etc.,  to 
be  paid  into 
the  treasury. 


Shall  report 
monthly  to  the 
auditor  all 
fees,  etc., 
received. 


To  be 

reimbursed 
for  expenses 
incurred  in 
collecting 
taxes. 


Collection  of 
taxes. 

S.  1892,  c.  168, 
S.  1888,  c.  390. 


Collection  of 

poll  tax. 

P.  S.  c.  12,  §  2. 


Rates  of 
interest  on 
unpaid  taxes. 
P.  S.  c.  11,  §  67 


Summonses 
for  unpaid 
taxes. 


the  transportation  of  such  clerk  or  pay-master  to  the  place  as 
aforesaid. 

SECT.  12.  The  treasurer  shall  receive  such  salary  as  the  city 
council  shall  from  time  to  time  determine,  which  shall  be  in  full 
compensation  for  all  services  rendered  in  his  official  capacity  as 
city  treasurer  and  collector  of  taxes.  All  fees,  charges  and  com- 
missions of  every  kind  allowed  by  law,  for  the  collection  of  taxes, 
betterments,  rates  and  assessments  of  every  kind,  to  the  treasurer 
and  collector  of  taxes  shall  be  collected  and  paid  by  him  into  the 
treasury,  and  shall  become  the  property  of  the  city.  At  the  end 
of  each  month  he  shall  make  and  give  to  the  auditor  a  written 
statement,  subscribed  by  him,  of  all  fees,  charges,  costs  and  com- 
missions of  every  kind  and  description,  allowed  by  law  and 
received  by  him  or  any  deputy  collector  acting  under  authority 
of  law  by  his  appointment,  for  collection  of  taxes,  rates,  better- 
ments, assessments  or  otherwise,  during  that  month ;  and  shall 
certify  thereon  that  all  moneys  so  received  by  him  or  them  have 
been  paid  into  the  treasury.  He  shall  be  allowed  such  reason- 
able sums,  from  time  to  time,  as  will  reimburse  him  for  expenses 
necessarily  incurred  in  the  employment  of  deputy  collectors, 
sheriffs,  deputy  sheriffs  or  constables,  in  the  collection  of  poll 
or  personal  taxes. 

SECT.  13.  The  treasurer  shall,  as  soon  as  possible  after  re- 
ceiving any  tax  list  and  warrant,  send  a  notice  to  each  person 
assessed,  resident  and  non-resident,  of  the  amount  of  his  tax. 
If  he  shall  send  such  notice  through  the  mail,  he  shall  postpay 
and  direct  the  same  to  the  city  or  town  which  was  the  place  of 
residence  of  such  person  on  the  first  day  of  May  of  the  year  in 
which  the  tax  was  assessed,  and  if  to  a  resident  of  this  city,  shall 
direct  it  to  the  street  and  number  of  his  residence,  if  possible. 

SECT.  14.  When  the  treasurer  receives  from  the  assessors  tax 
lists  for  poll  taxes  assessed  on  persons  who  are  assessed  for  a 
poll  tax  only,  he  shall  immediately  send  a  notice  to  each  person 
so  assessed,  and  if  he  shall  send  such  notice  through  the  mail  he 
shall  postpay  and  direct  the  same  as  in  the  case  of  the  notice 
provided  for  in  the  preceding  section.  If  such  poll  tax  be  not 
paid  at  once,  the  treasurer  shall  forthwith  proceed  to  collect  the 
same  in  the  manner  provided  by  the  laws  of  the  commonwealth 
for  the  collection  of  taxes  from  delinquents. 

SECT.  15.  Upon  all  taxes  remaining  unpaid  upon  the  tenth 
day  of  October,  interest  shall  be  charged  at  the  rate  of  six  per 
cent  per  annum,  and  on  the  first  day  of  November,  the  treasurer 
shall  issue  his  summons  to  all  delinquents,  that,  if  their  taxes  are 
not  paid  within  ten  days  from  the  date  thereof,  with  twenty  cents 
for  said  summons,  he  will  then  proceed  to  collect  the  same 


CHAP.  26.]  TREASURY.  143 

according   to    law ;    and  he  shall  give  notice  by  attaching  this 
section  to  all  tax  bills. 

SECT.  16.     The  treasurer  shall,  during  the  first  week  of  each   shall  render  a 
month,  render  to  the  mayor  a  statement  of  his  receipts  and  pay-  Statement  to 
ments  for  the  month  preceding,  together  with  a  summary  of  the 
items  of  his  receipts  and  payments  for  the  current  financial  year 
up  to  the  close  of  the  preceding  month. 


144 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  27. 


Water- work  s 
department  to 
be  in  charge 
of  the  water 
board. 
1891,  c.  364, 
§§  9,  10. 

Appointment 
and  term  of 
office. 


President. 


Clerk. 


Powers  of 
board. 


Annual 
report. 


CHAPTER  27. 

WATER-WORKS. 

SECTION  1.  The  water-works  department  shall  be  under  the 
charge  of  the  Cambridge  Water  Board,  which  shall  consist  of  five 
persons,  to  be  appointed  by  the  mayor,  subject  to  the  confirmation 
the  board  of  alderman. 

The  mayor  shall  annually,  in  the  month  of  June,  appoint,  sub- 
ject to  the  confirmation  of  the  board  of  aldermen,  one  person  to 
be  a  member  of  the  water  board,  who  shall  hold  office  for  the 
term  of  five  years  from  the  thirtieth  day  of  June  in  the  year  of 
his  appointment.  A  vacancy  shall  be  filled  in  the  same  manner, 
and  the  person  appointed  to  fill  a  vacancy  shall  hold  office  for  the 
remainder  of  the  term  for  which  his  predecessor  was  appointed. 
Said  members  shall,  in  addition  to  the  above  term,  hold  office 
until  others  are  appointed  in  their  places.  No  member  of  the 
city  council  shall  be  appointed  a  member  of  this  board. 

SECT.  2.  The  president  of  the  water  board  shall  be  elected  by 
the  board,  and  shall  be  one  of  the  persons  appointed  as  provided 
in  the  first  section  of  this  chapter.  The  board  may  choose  a  clerk, 
and  make'  such  rules  and  regulations  for  its  own  government  and 
in  relation  to  all  its  officers  as  may  be  deemed  expedient. 

SECT.  3.  The  board,  so  constituted  and  organized,  shall  have 
and  exercise  all  the  powers  vested  in  the  city  council  by  the  legis- 
lature, by  the  one  hundred  and  fifty-third  chapter  of  the  acts  of 
the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-five,  and  by  the  one  hundred 
and  sixty -fifth  chapter  of  the  acts  of  the  year  eighteen  hundred 
and  seventy-five,  and  by  the  two  hundred  and  fifty-sixth  chapter 
of  the  acts  of  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  eighty -four,  and  by 
the  one  hundred  and  thirty-seventh  chapter  of  the  acts  of  the 
year  eighteen  hundred  and  eighty -eight,  and  by  any  acts  in  addi- 
tion to  any  of  said  acts,  so  far  as  the  same  can  be  legally  dele- 
gated ;  and  it  may  appoint  a  superintendent,  water  registrar,  and 
all  other  subordinate  agents  and  assistants,  and  fix  their  compen- 
sation and  that  of  the  clerk  before  mentioned  subject  to  the 
approval  of  the  committee  on  finance. 

SECT.  4.  The  board,  on  or  before  the  fifteenth  day  of  Decem- 
ber in  each  year,  shall  present  to  the  city  council  a  report  con- 
taining a  statement  of  the  condition  of  all  the  water-works  and 
of  the  lands  and  other  property  connected  therewith,  with  an 
account  of  all  receipts  and  expenditures  and  a  schedule  of  pro- 


CHAP.  27.  ]  WATER-WORKS.  145 

perty  011  hand,  together  with  any  information  or  suggestions 
which  it  may  deem  important ;  and  shall  at  the  same  time  trans- 
mit to  the  city  council  the  reports  of  the  superintendent  and  water 
registrar. 

SECT.  5.  The  board  may  sell  such  of  the  personal  property  May  sen 
connected  with  the  water-works  as  it  may  deem  expedient,  subject  property, 
to  the  approval  of  the  mayor. 

SECT.  6.     The  president  of  the  board  shall  exercise  a  general  Duties  of 

president. 

supervision  over  all  the  water-works,  and  the  materials  and  prop- 
erty connected  therewith,  and  over  all  subordinate  officers  and 
agents.  In  case  of  his  absence  or  inability,  his  duties  may  be 
performed  by  a  president  jtrn  1<>ni}>ore,  to  be  chosen  by  the  board. 

SECT.  7.     The  board  shall  have  full  power  to  make  all  necessary   Repairs,  etc., 

. ,  of  water- 

repairs,  extensions  or  improvements  on  said  works,  and  to  provide   works. 

new  supply-pipes.     All  hydrants,  stand-pipes  and  drinking  fount-  Hydrants  of 
ains,  established  by  the  city,  shall  be  constructed,  and  all  repairs  Clty* 
upon  such  hydrants,  stand-pipes   and   drinking  fountains  made, 
and  the  streets,  when  broken  up,  shall  be  again  put  in  good  order, 
to  the  satisfaction  of  the  superintendent  of  streets,  by  and  under 
the  direction  of  the  water-board.     The  board  shall  have  no  power 
to  expend  any  money,  or  to  incur  any  debt,  beyond  the  amount  of 
appropriations  made  by  the  city  council. 

SECT.  8.     Xo  member  of  the  board,  and  no  person  appointed  to  Members  of 
any  office  or  employed  by  virtue  of  this  chapter,  or  of  the  acts  of  Sot  to'b?6'' 
the  legislature   mentioned   in  the  third  section  of  this  chapter,   ISnTracts?  ™ 
shall  be  interested,  directly  or  indirectly,  in  any  contract,  bargain, 
sale  or  agreement,  in  relation  to  the  water-works,  or  any  matter 
or  thing  connected  therewith,  wherein  the  city  is  interested ;  and 
any   and   all  contracts,   bargains,  sales   or  agreements,   made  in 
violation  of  this  section,  shall  be  void  as  to  the  city. 

SECT.  9.  The  board  shall  determine  and  assess  the  water-rates  water-rates . 
according  to  the  tariff  of  rates  adopted  by  the  city  council,  and 
shall  have  poAver  to  establish  such  regulations  as  it  may  deem 
expedient  for  the  introduction  and  use  of  water ;  and  the  water 
shall  not  be  supplied  to  any  building  unless  the  pipes  and  fixtures 
are  made  conformable  to  such  regulations. 

SECT.  10.  The  board  shall  annually  elect  a  superintendent  of  Superintend- 
the  water-works,  who  shall  be  a  citizen  of  Cambridge.  He  shall 
take  charge  of  the  aqueducts,  lands,  reservoirs  and  other  works 
and  property  connected  with  the  water-works,  as  the  water  board 
may  from  time  to  time  direct ;  and  he  shall  perform  all  such 
services  in  relation  thereto  as  may  be  required  of  him  by  the 
board,  and  shall  annually,  during  the  first  week  of  December, 
present  to  the  board  a  report  of  the  general  condition  of  the 
works.  He  may  at  any  time  be  removed  by  the  board. 


146 


KEVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  27. 


Water 
registrar. 

Duties. 


Further  duties 
of  registrar. 


Receipts. 


Interest. 


Water  rates, 
when  to  be 
paid. 


Penalty  for 
non-payment. 


SECT.  11.  The  board  shall  annually  elect  a  water  registrar 
who  may  at  any  time  be  removed  by  the  board.  He  shall  per- 
form all  such  services  as  may  be  required  of  him  by  the  board, 
and  shall  annually,  during  the  first  week  of  December,  present 
to  the  board  a  detailed  statement  of  all  receipts  and  expenditures 
in  his  department  for  the  year  ending  November  thirtieth;  a 
statement  of  the  number  of  water-takers ;  the  number  of  cases  in 
which  the  water  has  been  cut  off ;  the  number  and  amount  of 
abatements ;  and  such  other  matters  as  he  or  the  board  may 
deem  expedient. 

SECT.  12.  The  registrar,  under  the  direction  of  the  board, 
shall  cause  to  be  visited,  once  in  each  year,  all  premises  where 
the  water  is  taken,  and  shall  exercise  a  constant  supervision 
over  the  use  of  the  water. 

SECT.  13.  All  moneys  paid  into  the  treasury  on  account  of 
said  works  shall  be  placed  to  the  credit  of  the  water  works,  and 
shall  not  be  paid  out  except  under  the  provisions  of  this  section 
and  chapter  four.  The  mayor  may  draw  his  draft  for  all  sums 
of  money  becoming  due  for  interest  on  the  Cambridge  water  loan, 
and  the  amounts  so  paid  shall  be  charged  to  the  water-works. 
The  treasurer  shall  annually,  on  or  before  the  thirtieth  day  of 
November,  pay  over  to  the  trustees  of  the  sinking  funds,  provided 
in  the  first  act  named  in  the  third  section  of  this  chapter,  a  sum 
not  less  than  three  and  one  half  per  cent,  of  the  par  value  of  the 
then  outstanding  water  bonds. 

SECT.  14.  The  annual  rent  for  the  use  of  the  water  shall  be 
payable  in  advance  on  the  first  day  of  May  in  each  year.  All 
charges  for  specific  supplies,  or  for  fractional  parts  of  the  year 
to  May  first,  shall  be  payable  in  advance  and  before  the  water  is 
let  on. 

SECT.  15.  In  all  cases  of  non-payment  of  the  water  rent  in 
thirty  days  after  the  same  is  due,  the  registrar  shall  cut  off  the 
supply ;  and  the  water  shall  not  again  be  let  on,  except  upon  the 
payment  of  the  sum  of  two  dollars,  and  not  for  the  same  occupant 
or  owner,  except  upon  the  payment  also  of  the  whole  amount  due  ; 
and  every  person  whose  water  rent  is  unpaid  011  the  fifteenth  day 
of  June,  shall  be  liable  to  said  penalty  of  two  dollars,  though  the 
supply  may  not  have  been  actually  cut  off ;  provided,  that  in  case 
of  specific  supplies  or  for  fractional  parts  of  the  year,  when  the 
water  has  been  let  on,  it  may  be  cut  off  immediately  after  notice 
given  at  the  place  that  the  rent  is  not  paid,  and  may  be  let  on 
again  upon  the  conditions  before  mentioned.  And  the  foregoing 
provisions  shall  apply  when  two  or  more  parties  take  the  water 
through  the  same  service  pipes,  although  one  or  more  may  have 
paid  the  proportion  due  from  him  or  them. 


CHAP.  27.]  WATER- WORKS.  14J 

All  bills  for  water  furnished  by  meter  shall  be  payable  quar- 
terly ;  and  if  the  same  be  not  paid  within  twenty  days  after  the 
end  of  the  quarter,  the  registrar  shall  cut  off  the  supply  after 
sending  a  special  notice  that  the  water  will  be  so  cut  off  for 
non-payment. 

SECT.  16.     The  registrar,  under  the  direction  of  the  board,  may  Abatements- 
make  abatements  in  the  water  rents  in  all  proper  cases. 

SECT.  17.  The  registrar  shall  keep  suitable  books  in  which  Records.. 
shall  be  entered  the  names  of  all  persons  who  take  the  water,  the 
kind  of  building,  the  name  and  number  of  the  street,  the  nature 
of  the  use,  the  number  of  takers  and  the  amount  charged,  and 
amounts  of  abatements,  which  shall  always  be  open  to  the  inspec- 
tion of  the  board,  and  any  committee  of  the  city  council. 

The  registrar  shall,  at  the  end  of  each  year,  report  to  the  Registrar's- 

report. 

board,  — 

1.  The  amount  of  the  bills  sent  to  the  treasurer. 

2.  The  amount  of  the  abatements. 

3.  The  amount  of  the  uncollected  bills. 

SECT.  18.  No  person  shall  injure  any  public  pipe,  reservoir  or  injuries  to 
fire  hydrant  connected  with  the  water-works,  or  shall  break  and  reservoirs,  etc. 
enter  the  same,  or  draw  off  or  cause  to  be  removed,  any  of  the 
water  therefrom ;  or  shall  turn  on  or  off  the  water  in  any  such 
water  pipe,  reservoir  or  fire  hydrant,  or  shall  make  any  opening 
or  connection  with  such  pipe,  reservoir  or  fire  hydrant,  or  remove 
the  cover  of  any  hydrant,  except  in  case  of  fire,  without  the 
license  or  permit  of  the  water  board,  or  by  authority  of  the 
mayor,  and  then  only  under  the  direction  of  the  superintendent 
of  the  water-works,  who  shall  provide  competent  men  to  perform 
the  same ;  and  the  expense  thereof  shall  be  charged  to  the  person 
or  department  applying  for  such  license  or  permit. 

SECT.  19.     The  following  regulations  shall  be  considered  a  part  Regulations 

relative  to  use- 

of  the  contract  with  every  person  who  takes  the  water ;  and  every  of  water, 
such  person,  by  taking  the  water,  shall  be  considered  to  express  ft  16, 17.  ' 
his  consent  to  be  bound  thereby.  These  regulations  shall  be 
printed  upon  every  bill  for  water  rent,  and  whenever  any  one 
of  them  is  violated  (notwithstanding  two  or  more  parties  may 
receive  the  water  through  the  same  pipe),  the  registrar  shall 
cause  the  water  to  be  cut  off,  and  it  shall  not  be  let  on  again 
except  upon  payment  of  two  dollars  and  all  chargeable  rates ; 
and  further  in  case  of  any  such  violation,  the  board  may 
declare  forfeited  any  payment  made  for  the  water^  by  the  person 
committing  such  violation,  and  the  same  shall  thereupon  be 
forfeited. 

The  regulations  are  as  follows  :  — 

1.     All  persons  taking  the  water  shall,  at  their  own  expense.  Takers  to  keep 

service  pipes 
in  repair,  etc-. 


148 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CiiAP.  27. 


To  prevent 
waste,  etc. 


Pipes  inserted 
by  city  not  to 
be  altered, 
except,  etc. 


Water  not  to 
be  supplied  to 
other  parties. 

Fountain. 


Abatements 
for  vacancy  or 
non-use. 


keep  the  service-pipes  within  their  premises  in  good  repair  and 
protected  from  frost,  and  they  will  be  held  liable  for  all  damage 
which  may  result  from  their  failure  to  do  so. 

2.  They  shall  prevent  all  unnecessary  waste  of  water,  and 
there  shall  be  no  concealment  of  the  purposes  for  which  it  is  used. 

3.  No  alteration  shall  be  made  in  any  of  the  pipes  or  fixtures 
inserted  by  the  city,  except  by  its  agents,  who  shall  be  allowed  to 
enter  the  premises  supplied,  to  examine  the   apparatus,  and  to 
ascertain  if  there  is  any  unnecessary  waste ;  and  no  plumber  or 
other  person  shall  make  any  alteration  or  extension  of  the  pipes 
in  any  house  or  on  any  premises  without  first  giving  notice  to  the 
registrar,  and  procuring  a  written  permit  from  him.  which  shall 
be  returned  to  the  registrar  within  ten  days  after  the  completion 
of   the  work,  endorsed  with  a  statement  of  all  fixtures  added  or 
removed.     Any  person  violating  this  regulation  shall  be  fined  not 
more  than  twenty  dollars. 

4.  No  water  shall  be  supplied  to  parties  not  entitled  to  the 
use  of  it  under  the  city  ordinances,  unless  by  special  permission. 

5.  Except  as  hereinafter  provided,  no  connection  of  a  fountain 
shall  be  made,  directly  or  indirectly,  with  the  water  pipes  of  the 
city.     Persons  desiring  water  for  fountain  purposes,  shall  make 
application  in  writing  to  the  board,  stating  the  number  and  size 
of  the  jets  to  be  used,  and  the  hours  of  the  day  and  the  months 
during  which  it  is  proposed  to  use  the  same.     Upon  such  applica- 
tion the  board  shall  fix  the  rate  to  be  charged  to  the  applicant, 
and  the  connection  with  the  water  pipes  shall  be  made  by  and 
under  the  direction  of  the  superintendent;  it    being  understood 
and  agreed  that  the  water  shall  be    employed  exclusively  for 
fountain  purposes,  unless  supplied  through  a  meter. 

6.  Whenever  on  account  of  non-occupancy  of  premises  or  non- 
use  of  water  an  abatement  is  desired,  and  notice  thereof  is  given 
at  the  office  of  the  registrar,  while  the  person  liable  for  the  water- 
rates  is  in  possession  of  the  premises,  the  water  shall  be  cut  off 
by  an  employee  of  the  board  and  an  abatement  made,  less  the 
charge  of  one  dollar  for  cutting  off;  provided,  that  such  seal-locks 
as  may  be  adopted  by  the  board  may  be  placed  upon  faucets  in 
tenements  so  connected  with  other  tenements  that  they  cannot  be 
separately  shut  off  in  the  street ;   but  they  shall  not  be  put  on  in 
any  house  that  can  be  so  shut  off  from  the  street,  except  for 
particular  fixtures. 

The  charge  for  putting  on  such  seal-locks  shall  be  established 
by  the  board.  Such  seal-locks  shall  not  be  taken  off  by  any  one 
except  an  employee  of  the  board,  pn  penalty  of  forfeiting  all 
claims  for  allowance,  and  having  the  water  shut  off  from  the 
premises. 


CiiAi'.  27.]  WATER-WORKS.  149 

7.     The   registrar,  with  the  necessary  agents  and  assistants,   Right  of  entry, 
may  enter  the  premises  of  any  water-taker  to  examine  the  quan- 
tity used,  and  the  manner  of  use,  and  to  cut  off  the  water  for  non- 
payment of  rents  or  fines,  or  for  any  violation  of  these  regulations- 

The   registrar    shall   make    all    water-rate    charges,    excepting  water-rates  to 
charges  for  metered  water,  to  the  owner  of  the  property,  and  in  owSSJf8* 
every  case  the  owner  shall  be  liable  for  the  water-rates,  except 
where  the  ownership  is  changed  after  water  is  shut  off  for  non- 
payment, in  which  case  the  new  owner  shall  be  liable  for  the 
water-rates  from  the  time  when  the  water  is  again  let  on. 

SECT.  20.     An  owner  or  occupant  of  premises  in  which  water   penalty  for 
furnished  by  the  city  is  used,  who  fails  to  keep  his  service-pipes  Si  not 
and  fixtures  in  good  order,  and  neglects  to  repair  the  same  within   service?  pipes, 
three  days  after  they  have,  from  any  cause,  become  defective,  or   order!1  g°° 
who  neglects  to  shut  off  the  water  after  using  it,  so  that  it  runs  to 
\vaste,  shall  be  liable  to  a  fine  of  two  dollars ;  and  if  such  fine  is 
not  paid  within  two  days  from  the  time  when  the  person  incur- 
ring it  receives  notice  that  he  is  liable  thereto,  the  water  shall  be 
cut  off  from  his  premises,  and  shall  not  be  let  on  again  until  the 
waste  is  stopped  and  the  fine  paid,  together  with  an  additional 
sum  of  two  dollars  for  cutting  off  and  letting  on  the  water ;  and 
in  case  of  a  second  offence  during  the  same  year,  a  fine  of  four 
dollars  shall  be  imposed,  and  if  it  is  not  paid  within  two  days,  as 
aforesaid,  the  water  shall  be  cut  off.  and  shall  not  be  let  on  again 
until  the  cause  of  complaint  is  removed  and  the  fine  paid,  together 
with  two  dollars  for  cutting  off  and  letting  on  the  water ;  and  in 
case^of  a  third  offence,  the  water  shall  be  cut  off,  and  shall  not 
be  let  on  again  except  by  a  vote  of  the  board  and  the  payment  of 
such  fine,  not  exceeding  ten  dollars,  as  the  board  may  impose. 

SECT.  21.     The  board  shall  have  the  power  to  decide  what  shall   Board  to 

decide  what  is 
be  considered  a  waste  or  improper  use  of  water,  and  to  restrict  waste,  etc. 

the  use  thereof  when  it  may  deem  it  necessary  ;  and  if  the  water- 
taker  refuses  or  neglects  to  comply  with  any  order  of  the  board, 
after  notice  given  to  him,  the  water  may  be  cut  off,  and  shall  not 
again  be  let  on,  except  by  a  vote  of  the  board,  and  the  payment 
of  such  fine,  not  exceeding  ten  dollars,  as  the  board  may  impose.  ' 

SECT.  22.     The  board  shall  have  the  power  to  restrict  the  use   Board  may 
of  hand-hose  to  such  hours  of  the  day  as  it  may  deem  necessary  ;   Sd-hose6  °1 
and  for   any  violation  of  such   restriction  the  occupant   of  the 
premises  shall  be  liable  to  the  penalties  imposed  in  the  preceding 
section  for  a  waste  or  improper  use  of  water. 

SECT.  23.     The  water  registrar  shall,  under  the  direction  of  the   Registrar  to 
water  board,  make  out  the  annual  bills  for  water-rates,  and  deliver  water  bills, 
the  same  to  the  treasurer  on  or  before  the  tenth  day  of  April  in 
each  .year,  and  shall  make  out  bills  for  all  other  amounts  payable 


150 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


Bills  to  be 
numbered. 


Abatements 
and  refunds. 


Registrar  to 
report  to 
auditor,  etc. 


to  the  city  on  account  of  the  water-works,  and  deliver  the  same 
to  the  treasurer,  from  time  to  time,  as  they  may  become  due. 
All  the  bills  so  delivered  by  the  water  registrar  shall  be  numbered 
to  correspond  with  the  number  of  the  charge  on  his  books. 

A  certificate  of  each  and  every  abatement  and  refund  shall  be 
furnished  by  the  registrar,  which  certificate  shall  be  addressed  to 
the  treasurer,  and  shall  state  the  account  on  which  it  is  allowed, 
and  the  number  of  the  bill.  The  registrar  shall,  on  the  first  day 
of  every  month,  report  in  writing  to  the  auditor  the  amount  of 
the  bills  of  each  class  placed  in  the  hands  of  the  treasurer  for 
collection,  and  also  the  amount  abated  or  ordered  to  be  refunded, 
during  the  preceding  month.  1  Whenever  it  shall  appear  to  the 
water  registrar  that  an  error  has  been  made  in  the  rates  charged 
for  any  house  or  tenement  whereby  a  larger  amount  has  been 
charged  than  is  required  by  section  24  of  this  chapter,  he  shall 
cause  an  abatement  certificate  to  \>e  made  for  the  amount  of  the 
excess  charged,  and  forthwith  transmit  the  same  to  the  city 
treasurer,  who  shall  send  a  corrected  notice  to  the  owner  or  the 
person  to  whom  the  rates  are  charged. 

2  SECT.  24.  The  following  rates  shall  be  charged  annually  for 
the  use  of  the  water,  namely  :  — 


Kates  to  be 
charged  for 
water. 

Dwelling- 
houses. 


Dwelling-Houses. 

Occupied  by  one  family,  for  the  first  faucet 

For  each  additional  faucet,  to  be  used  by  the  same 

family     . 

Each  wash  basin 

Each  set  washtub,  with  faucet    ..... 
When  a  house  is  occupied  by  more  than  one  family, 

one  faucet  only  being  used  by  all,  for  each  family  . 
When  a  house  is  occupied  by  more  than  one  family, 

the  highest  rates  will  be  charged  for  each  family 

having  the  water  carried  into  their  part  of  the  house. 

For  the  first  bathtub 

When  used  by  more  than  one  family,  for  each  family, 

For  each  additional  bathtub 

For  the  first  water-closet,  self-regulating     . 

When  used  by  more  than  one  family,  for  each  family, 

For  each  additional  water-closet,  self-regulating 

For  each  water-closet,  not  self-regulating    . 

When  used  by  more  than  one  family,  for  each  family, 

Each  slop-closet 

1  Amended  April  4, 1895. 

2  Amended  March  29, 1&94. 


Per  Year. 

$4  00 

2  00 
2  00 

2  00 

3  00 


4  00 
3  00 
3  00 
3  00 
2  50 

2  00 
10  00 

8  00 

3  00 


CHAP.  27.]  WATER-WORKS.  151 

Per  Year. 

When  two  faucets  are  used,  one  for  hot  and  one  for 

cold  water,  both  emptying  into  one  vessel,  but  one 

charge  will  be  made  for  both,  and  the  same  rule 

applies  to  boarding-houses. 
Frni'tded,  That  in  no  case  shall  the  charge  for  the  use 

of  water  by  a  private  family,  exclusive  of  water 

closet,  not  self-regulating,  hose  and  stable,  be  more 

than $15  00 

And  including  stable  for  not  more  than  four  animals, 

more  than 22  00 

And  including  use  of  hose  for  stable  for  not  more  than 

four  animals,  and  for  garden  not  exceeding  five 

thousand  feet 27  00 

Apartment  Houses  or  Family  Hotels. 

For  the  use  of  water  in  apartment  houses  or  family  hotels  Apartment 
which  are  arranged  in  suites  of  rooms  for  different  families,  the  family  hotels, 
charge  to  each  tenement,  exclusive  of  water-closet  not  self-closing, 
shall  not  exceed  $14. 

[Apartment  houses  or  family  hotels,  so-called,  shall  be  taken 
to  mean  and  include  dwellings  constructed  especially  for  and 
occupied  by  three  or  more  families,  each  tenement  being  arranged 
in  flats  or  suites  of  rooms  connected,  and  having  the  conveniences 
of  a  distinct  house,  without  regard  to  the  location  of  the  water 
fixtures.  All  other  dwellings  occupied  by  one  or  more  families 
shall  be  classed  under  the  head  of  dwelling-houses.] 

i 

Stores,  Etc. 

Per  Year,    stores,  etc. 
For  each  tenement  occupied  as  a  store,  warehouse,  or 

office $3  00 

Where  two  or  more  such  tenements  are  supplied  from 

the  same  faucet,  each      ......  2  50 

For  markets,  saloons,  workshops,  or  for  purposes  not 

included  in  any  other  classification,  and  not  requir- 
ing more  than  an  ordinary  supply  of  water  taken 

from  one  faucet,  from  .  .  .  .  .  5  00  to  25  00 
For  the  first  self-regulating  water-closet  or  urinal 

used  by  the  occupants  of  one  tenement  only    .  3  00 

(Explanation  :    When  a  self -regulating  water-closet 

and  urinal  are  in  one  room,  but  one  charge  for  each 

tenant  shall  be  made  for  both  fixtures.) 
When  used  by  occupant  of  more  than  one  tenement, 

for  each  .........  2  50 

i  Amended  March  13,  1895. 


Private 

stables. 


Livery 
stables,  etc. 


Car  and 
omnibus 

stables. 


152  REVISED  ORDINANCES.  [CHAP.  27. 

Per  Year. 

For  water-closet,  not  self-regulating,  for  single  tene- 
ment    ....  $10  00 

Each  slop-closet          ....  .  3  00 

For  water-closet,  not  self-regulating,  used  by  occupant 

of  more  than  one  tenement,  for  each  ...  6  00 

For  each  additional  fixture,  one  half  of  the  above 
charges  shall  be  added. 

Private  Stables. 

For  first  horse    .         . 4  00 

Each  additional  horse 2  00 

Each  cow 2  00 

Livery,   Club,  and  Boarding  Stables. 

For  not  exceeding  five  horses,  the  same  as  private 

stables. 
Each  additional  horse          .         .         .         .         .         .  2  00 

Car  and  Omnibus  Stables. 

For  not  exceeding  five  horses,  the  same  as  private 

stables. 
Each  additional  horse 2  00 

Truck  and  Cart  Stables. 

Truck  and  cart  For  each  horse,  if  two  or  more 2  00 

The  above  includes  water  for  washing  carriages,  omni- 
buses and  cars,  without  hose. 
No  stable  less  than     .......  4  00 

Where  hose  is  used  in  any  stable,  an  addition  will  be 
made  to  the  above  charges,  as  follows  :  — 

For  the  first  horse 5  00 

For  each  additional  horse    ......  50 

Hose. 

Hose.  For  washing  windows  and  other  similar  uses,  includ- 

ing watering  gardens  of  less  than  5,000  feet    .  5  00 

For  above  purposes  and  for  private  stable  .         .         .  10  00 

For  other  cases  arrangements  may  be  made  with  the 
Water  Board. 

Hotels. 

Hotels.  For  each  bed  for  boarders  and  lodgers.        ...  3  50 

Or  special  arrangements  may  be  made  with  the  water  board. 

Baths. 

Baths.  For  public  bath,  and  for  each  bath  in  ,any  hotel .         .  10  00 

Water-closets  in  public  bath-houses     .         .         .         .  10  00 


CHAP.  27.]  WATER-WORKS.  153 

Steam-Engines . 

Per  Year. 

For  each  engine,  working  not  over  twelve  hours  a  d'ayr  steam-engine*, 

for  each  horse-power $6  00 

1  The  Water  Board  shall  have  power  to  ascertain  by  meter  the   Metered  water, 
quantity  of  water  used  in  any  case,  and  a  meter  shall  be  applied 
whenever,  in  the  judgment  of  the   board,  it   is  expedient.     The 
charge  for  metered  water  shall  be  based  on  annual  consumptionr 
as  follows  :  — 

For  the  first  50,000  cubic  feet,  15c.  per  100  cubic  feet. 

From  50,000  to  200,000  cubic  feet,  12c.  per  100  cubic  feet. 

From  200,000  to  500,000  cubic  feet.  lie.  per  100  cubic  feet. 

From  500,000  cubic  feet  to  5,000,000  cubic  feet,  8c.  per  100 
cubic  feet. 

When  the  water  used  by  any  one  taker  shall  amount  to  more  than 
five  million  cubic  feet  in  any  one  year,  commencing  the  first  day 
of  July,  then  the  charge  shall  be  at  the  rate  of  seven  and  one-half 
cents  for  each  hundred  cubic  feet  of  the  excess  over  that  quantity. 

In  no  case,  however,  shall  the  minimum  charge  for  metered 
water  be  less  than  fifteen  dollars  per  annum. 

In  addition  to  the  charge  for  water  used,  an  annual  rental 
of  two  dollars  for  each  meter  shall  be  assessed,  commencing: 
April  1,  1898. 

All  water  passing  through  a  meter  will  be  charged  for,  whether 
used  or  wasted. 

If  a  meter  gets  out  of  order  and  fails  to  register,  the  consumer 
shall  be  charged  at  the  average  daily  consumption  as  shown  by 
the  meter  when  in  order. 

All  charges  for  metered  water  shall  be  made  to  the  owners  of 
the  property. 

All  bills  for  water  furnished  by  meters  shall  be  payable  quar-   Bnis  for 
terly  at  the  office  of  the  city  treasurer;  and  if  the  same  be  not   metered water' 
paid  within  twenty  days  after  the  end  of  the  quarter,  the  regis- 
trar is  instructed  to  cut  off  the  supply,  after  sending  a  special 
notice  that  the  water  will  be  cut  off  for  non-payment. 

When  water  is   required  for  purposes  which  are  not  specified  Water  for 
in  the  foregoing  tariff,  the  rate  shall  be  fixed  by  the  board.  purposes. 

The   board   shall  have  power  to  prevent  the   erection  of  yard  Yard  hydrants, 
hydrants,  and  water  shall  not  be   supplied   to  any  water-closets 
unless    such    water-closets    are    constructed   to   conform/  to    the 
plumbing  ordinances. 

SECT.  25.     All  water  required  by  the  city  in  its  various  depart-  water  used  by 
ments,  shall  be  furnished  free  of  charge. 

SECT.  26.     The  police  shall  report  to  the  registrar  all   cases  of 

1  Amended  February  12, 1898. 


154 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  27. 


Police  to  re-       leakage,  waste  or  unnecessary  prof  usion  in  the  use  of  the  water, 
port  waste,  etc.  •* 

and  all  violations  of  this  chapter  that  may  be  brought  to  their 


Salary  of 
treasurer  of 
sinking  fund 
-of  water- 
works. 


notice. 

SECT.  27.  There  shall  be  paid  to  the  person  chosen  by  the 
trustees  of  the  sinking  fund  of  the  water  works,  as  their  secretary 
and  treasurer,  an  annual  salary  of  two  hundred  dollars.  Said 
salary  to  be  charged  to  the  maintenance  account  of  the  water- 
works. 


CHAP.  28.]  DUTIES  AND  SALARIES.  155 


CHAPTER  28. 

DUTIES    AXD    SALARIES. 

SECTION  1.     The  various  boards  and  city  officers,  who  shall  in  Boards  and 

n    •    i  i,  •  i    i     -ir?      £  o-i          -j.        officers  to  keep 

their  omcial  capacity  receive  any  money  on  behali  ot  tne  city,   an  account  of 

whether  for  payment  of  fees,  for  services  rendered  or  otherwise,   received  for 

shall  enter,  in  a  book  kept  for  the  purpose,  a  detailed  record  of  all  same  to 

money  so  received,  and  the  several  purposes  for  which  said  money 

was  paid,  which  book  shall  at  all  times  be  open  to  the  inspection 

of  the  committee  on  accounts,  and  all  such  boards  and  city  officers 

having  offices  in  the  city  hall,  shall  pay  to  the  treasurer  daily  all 

money  so  received,  and  all  other  boards  and  city  officers  except 

the    city  weighers  shall  pay    over  to   said  treasurer  weekly  all 

money  so  received  by  them.      All  such  boards  and  city  officers 

shall,  before  making  such  payment,  make  a  true  return  to  the 

auditor,  stating  the  account  upon  which  said  moneys  were  received. 

All  other  persons,  who  shall  at  any  time  have  money  in  their 

possession  belonging  to  the  city,  shall  forthwith  pay  the  same  to 

the  treasurer. 

SECT.  2.     The  city  clerk  and  the  treasurer  and  collector  shall  Measurer  and 
annually,   on  the  thirtieth  day  of  November,  make  to  the  city   to  Report  fees06 
council  a  written  detailed  statement  of  all  fees  and  perquisites 
received  by  each  of  them  for  the  year  ending  with  that  date. 
The  chief  of  police  shall  make  a  similiar  return  of  the  fees  and 
perquisites  received  by  himself  and  other  members  of  the  police 
force. 

SECT.  3.     All  fees,  penalties,  witness  fees,  moneys  or  compensa-  Fees  received 

J  by  police  to 

tion  received  by  any  members  of  the  police  force,  other  than  the  paid  into  the 

salary  fixed  by  ordinance,  for  any   services  rendered  in   their 

official  capacity,  except  moneys  or  compensation  received  by  them 

for  special  services,  and  except  witness  fees  for  testimony  in 

courts  without  the  limits  of  the  city,  shall  be  paid  weekly  into 

the  city  treasury  by  the  officers  receiving  the  same. 

SECT.  4.     The  offices  hereinafter  named  shall  be  open  to  the   office  hours  of 
public  for  the  transaction  of  business  daily,  except  on  Sundays 
and    legal   holidays,    and    as    hereinafter    provided,    during   the 
following  hours  :  viz.,  — 

The  treasurer's  and  the  auditor's  from  eight  o'clock  A.  M.  to 
two  o'clock  P.  M. 

The  city  clerk's  from  eight  o'clock  A.  M.  to  three  o'clock  p.  M. 

The  city  engineer's  from  eight  o'clock  A.  M.  to  five  o'clock  p.  M. 


lice  to  be 

nto 


156 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  28, 


Office  hours 
on  Saturdays. 


Treasurer 
shall  appoint 
the  clerks  in 
his  office. 
S.  1891,  c.  364, 
§34. 


Removal  of 
clerks. 


Compensation 
of  clerks. 


Non-residents 
not  to  be 
employed  as 
laborers. 


Working  day 
for  laborers. 
S.  1890,  c.  375. 


Boards  and 
heads  of 
departments 
to  control 
appropria- 
tions. 

Contracts  to 
be  approved 
by  the  mayor 
except,  etc. 
S.  1891,  c.  364. 
§35. 


The  superintendent  of  streets  from  eight  o'clock  A.  M.  to  four 
o'clock  p.  M. 

The  chief  engineer's,  from  nine  to  ten  o'clock  A.  M. 

The  office  hours  for  city  employees  shall  be  fixed  by  the  board, 
or  head  of  department  authorized  to  employ  them. 

SECT.  5.  On  Saturdays  the  various  offices  at  the  city  hall 
shall  be  closed  at  two  o'clock  in  the  afternoon ;  provided,  however, 
that,  in  case  of  necessity,  any  office  may  be  left  open  until  a  later 
hour,  at  the  discretion  of  the  head  of  the  department  occupying 
such  office,  or  the  board  having  charge  of  such  department. 

SECT.  6.  The  treasurer  and  collector  shall  appoint  the  clerks 
in  his  office  and  shall  be  answerable  for  their  conduct  in  the 
discharge  of  their  duties.  Such  appointments  shall  be  forth- 
with certified  to  the  mayor.  Such  clerks  shall  receive  such 
compensation  as  the  committee  -011  finance  may,  from  time  to 
time,  determine  and  they  may  be  removed  by  the  treasurer  and 
collector  for  such  cause  as  he  shall  assign  in  writing  in  the 
order  of  removal,  which  order  shall  be  forthwith  communicated 
to  the  mayor.  The  compensation  of  all  clerks  in  the  several 
departments  of  the  city,  both  permanent  and  temporary,  shall  be 
determined  by  said  committee,  subject  however  to  change  at  any 
time  by  order  of  the  city  council. 

SECT.  7.  No  person  who  is  not  a  resident  of  Cambridge  shall 
be  employed  as  a  laborer  in  any  department  of  the  city  ;  and  in 
the  employment  of  laborers  in  any  department  of  the  city,  pref- 
erence shall  be  given  to  efficient  and  steady  men  who  have 
families  or  minor  children  dependent  upon  them  for  support; 
provided,  that  no  competent  and  faithful  laborer,  who  is  a  resi- 
dent of  Cambridge,  shall  be  discharged  to  make  place  for  another. 
Nine  hours  shall  constitute  a  working  day  for  laborers  and 
mechanics  in  the  several  city  departments,1  and  eight  hours  for 
brick  layers  in  the  sewer  department,  for  each  working  day 
throughout  the  year. 

SECT.  i8.  The  several  boards  and  heads  of  departments  shall 
have  the  general  supervision  and  control  of  the  appropriations 
made  to  meet  the  expenditures  of  their  respective  departments  '•> 
2irovided,  that  no  board  or  head  of  department,  authorized  to 
purchase  materials  or  supplies,  or  to  contract  for  labor  to  be 
performed,  shall  have  the  power  to  expend  more  than  three 
hundred  dollars  for  any  one  specific  purpose,  whether  settlement 
for  the  same  shall  be  made  in  one  or  more  payments,  unless  it  be 
first  approved  by  the  mayor.  But  nothing  in  this  proviso  shall 
be  held  to  apply  to  the  consumption  of  water  or  gas,  nor  to  con- 
tracts made  with  such  laborers  or  other  persons  as  are  ordinarily 


i  Amended  July  12,  1891. 


CHAP.  28.]  DUTIES   AND  SALARIES.  157 

employed  in  the  various  departments,  in  the  performance  of  the 
regular  work  or  labor  thereof,  whether  such  contracts  be  by  the 
day,  month  or  year. 

SECT.  9.     All  boards   and   officers  shall  be  governed  in  their   Purchases  to 

be  made  in 

purchases  by  the  provisions  of  this  chapter.  accordance 

SECT.   10.     All    advertisements   for  proposals    and   purchases   chapter. 
shall  be  published  in  one  or  more  papers  of  the  city,  not  exceed-  Advertising. 

for  proposals. 

ing  lour,  and  elsewhere  11  necessary,  and  a  copy  01  such  adver- 
tisement shall  be  sent  to  the  auditor  for  preservation. 

SKCT.  11.     AVhenever    advertisements    for  proposals    for    any   Plans,  etc.,  to 
work  to  be   done  for  the   city,  or  for   any  materials   or  supplies   bidders. 
to  be  furnished,  are  made,  the  board  or  officer  in  charge  of  the 
work  to  be  done  shall  cause  suitable  plans  and  specifications,  and 
schedules  of  materials  or  supplies,  to  be  prepared  and  shown  to 
parties  proposing  to  bid. 

SK<  T.    12.     Every  officer  and  board  authorized  to  purchase,  on  TO  advertise 
behalf  of  the  city,  materials  or  supplies,  shall  advertise  for  pro-   f  or  purchases 

,  ,        ,        of  more  than 

posals    for   the    same,    whenever   the    cost   may    reasonably    be   $300. 
expected  to   exceed  the   sum   of  three  hundred  dollars,    unless 
otherwise  specially  directed  by  the  city  council. 

SECT.  13.     Every  contract  exceeding  three  hundred  dollars  for   contracts  to 
any  work  to  be  done  for  the  city,  or  for  any  materials  or  supplies   accompanied 
to  be  furnished  the  city,   shall  be    accompanied   by   a  suitable     5 
bond  for    the  performance  of   the  same,  or    by  the   deposit  of 
money  or  security  to  the  amount  of  such  bond.     ]STo  proposal  shall 
be  accepted  from   or  for  any  person  who  shall  have  broken  a 
contract  with  the  city  during  the  three  years  preceding.       All  Contracts  to 
written  contracts  shall  be  executed  in  triplicate,  and  one  of  said  triplicate. 
copies  shall  be  deposited  with  the  auditor. 

SECT.  14.     No  proposal   shall   be    received    from    any    person  Proposals  to 

,  n  .        be  sealed  and 

offering  to  contract  for  such  work,  unless  the  same  is  enclosed  in   kept  in  a 

a  sealed  envelope  or  wrapper.     Such  proposals  shall  be  at  once 

placed  in  a  sealed  box  in  the  department  calling  for  the  proposals, 

and  the  clerk  of  committees  shall  hold  the  only  key  to  such  box.   Key  of  the  box. 

All  proposals  shall  be  opened,  read  and  recorded  in  the  city  hall,   opening 

at  the  hour  and   place  designated  in  the  advertisement,  in  the  p 


presence  of  the  mayor  or  such  person  as  he  may  designate.     The 

contract  shall  be  awarded  to  the  lowest  bidder  complying  with   lowest  bidder, 

the  terms  ;  provided,  however,   if   any  such   proposals   shall    be 

offered  by  persons  who,  in  the  judgment  of  the  board,  or  officer 

issuing  the  advertisement,  shall  be  incompetent  to  preform  their 

contracts  in  a  workmanlike  manner,  or  irresponsible  in  respect  to 

their  means  of  faithfully  executing  the  same,  such  proposals  may 

be  rejected,  notwithstanding  the  same  be  at  a  lower  rate  than 

other  proposals  offered  for  the  same  work,  and  the  next  higher 


loS 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  28. 


Bids  to  be 
preserved. 


Contracts  to 
be  in  writing. 


Extra  work  on 
contracts. 


Alteration  of 
contract. 


Payment  on 
contract. 


Contracts  for 
more  than  one 
year  not  to  be 
made. 


Contracts  shall 
provide  for 
the  retention 
of  a  sufficient 
amount  to  pay 
mechanics' 
claims  for 
labor. 


Removals  of 
subordinates. 


Cause  to  be 
recorded. 


Officers  and 
boards  not  to 
expend  money 
until 
appropriated. 


bidder  shall  be  substituted ;  and  provided,  also,  in  all  cases,  that 
the  board  or  officer  may  reject  all  bids  and  issue  new  advertise- 
ments. All  bids  shall  be  preserved  by  the  board  or  officer  issuing 
the  advertisement  on  the  records  of  its  department,  and  shall  be 
open  to  public  inspection  after  the  contract  has  been  awarded, 
-and  accepted  by  the  bidder. 

SECT.  15.  In  all  cases  where  the  amount  of  any  contract  shall 
exceed  the  sum  of  three  hundred  dollars,  the  contract  shall  be  in 
writing ;  and,  after  being  signed  by  the  parties,  no  such  contract 
shall  be  altered,  in  any  particular,  without  the  consent  of  the  con- 
tractor, and  of  the  board  or  officer  making  the  contract,  indorsed 
thereon.  And  all  payments  for  extra  work  shall  be  made  at  the 
time  of  the  final  payment  on  such  contract. 

SECT.  16.  Every  contract  shall  provide  that,  in  case  of  any 
alteration,  so  much  of  such  contract  as  is  not  necessarily  affected 
by  the  change  shall  remain  in  force  upon  all  parties  thereto.  It 
shall  also  provide  that  no  payment  for  work  done  under  such 
alterations  shall  be  made  until  the  completion  of  the  whole  con- 
tract, and  also  that  the  adjustment  and  payment  of  the  bill  then 
rendered  for  such  work  shall  release  and  discharge  the  city  from 
any  and  all  claims  or  liability  on  account  of  any  work  performed 
under  such  contract,  or  any  alteration  thereof. 

SECT.  17.  No  board  or  officer  shall  make  any  contract  in  behalf 
of  the  city  the  execution  of  which  shall  necessarily  extend  beyond 
one  year  from  the  date  thereof,  unless  special  permission  so  to 
do  has  been  given  by  vote  of  the  city  council,  or  of  the  branch 
having  authority  therein,  or  by  the  statutes  of  the  commonwealth. 

SECT.  18.  In  every  contract  entered  into  on  behalf  of  the  city, 
and  involving  the  employment  of  mechanics  or  laborers  by  the 
contractor,  a  provision  shall  be  inserted  to  the  effect  that  the 
board,  or  other  authority  making  such  contract,  may,  if  it  deems 
it  expedient  to  do  so,  retain  out  of  any  amounts  due  to  such  con- 
tractor sums  sufficient  to  cover  any  unpaid  claims  of  mechanics 
or  laborers  for  work  or  labor  performed  under  such  contract 
for  thirty-five  days  after  the  completion  of  the  work  under  the 
contract. 

SECT.  19.  Whenever  any  officer  or  board  in  charge  of  a  depart- 
ment shall  remove  any  subordinate,  the  order  of  removal  and  the 
cause  assigned  therefor  shall  be  entered  in  full  on  the  records  of 
the  department  in  which  he  served.  Every  such  officer  and  board 
shall  to  the  best  of  his  ability  cause  'all  statutes,  ordinances, 
regulations  and  orders  relating  to  the  duties  of  his  department 
to  be  observed  and  enforced. 

SECT.  20.  No  officer  or  board  in  charge  of  a  department  shall, 
unless  specially  authorized  thereto  by  statute,  make  any  expendi- 


CHAP.  28.]  DUTIES  AND  SALARIES.  159- 

ture  or  incur  any  liability  on  behalf  of  the  city  for  any  purpose 
or  object,  until  an  appropriation  sufficient  to  meet  such  expendi- 
ture or  liability,  together  with  all  other  expenditures  and  liabilities 
which  he  or  it  proposes  to  make,  and  which  are  properly  charge- 
able to  the  same  appropriation,  has  been  made  therefor ;  nor  Expenditure 

'  '        .      shall  not 

shall  he  or  it   exceed   any  specific   appropriation  made  tor  his   exceed  appro- 
department,  l  nor  shall  any  officer  or  member  of  a  board,  unless 
thereto  authorized  by  the  mayor  or  city  council,  apply  for,  object 
to,  or  advocate  before  the  legislature  any  special  act  relating  to 
the  city  of  Cambridge. 

SECT.  21.     Every  officer  and  board  in  charge  of  a  department  {JJJ^J8  Jjft 
shall  keep  records  of  the  acts  and  doings  of  the  departments,  in  keep  records, 
books   kept  specially  for   the   purpose.     All  records   and  files,   Tobe< 

shall,  under  the  supervision  of  the  officer  in  charge  of  the  depart-  public 

1  inspections, 

ment,  be  open  to  public  inspection,  and  any  person  may  take   etc. 
notes  therefrom ;  but  this  shall  not  apply  to  matters  on  which 
final  action  has  not  been  taken,  which  the  mayor  is  of  opinion 
should  not  be  made  public,  or  to  the  records  of  the  proceedings 
of  the  various  committees  kept  by  the  clerk  of  committees. 

SECT.  22.     Every  officer  or  board  in  charge  of  a  department   Licenses  to 

contain 

issuing  a  license  or  permit,  shall  insert  therein  a  condition  that  conditions,  etc.. 
the  person  accepting  the  same  shall  conform  to  all  statutes  and 
ordinances,  and  also  to  the  specifications  in  the  license  or  permit ; 
that  the  license  or  permit  may  be  revoked  at  any  time  by  the 
authority  issuing  it ;  that  the  violation  of  any  of  its  specifications 
shall  work  an  immediate  revocation  of  the  license  or  permit; 
and  that  such  person  shall  indemnify  and  save  harmless  the  city 
from  any  damage  it  may  sustain,  or  be  required  to  pay,  by  \ 

reason  of  the  doing  of  the  work  licensed  or  permitted,  or  by  reason 
of  any  act  or  neglect  of  himself  or  of  any  of  his  employees  relat- 
ing to  such  work,  or  by  reason  of  any  violation  of  any  specifica- 
tion; jH'on'di'd  that  nothing  herein  contained  shall  be  construed 
to  prevent  the  insertion  of  any  other  conditions  and  limitations 
deemed  advisable  by  the  authority  issuing  such  license  or  permit. 

SECT.  23.     Every  officer  and  board  in  charge  of  a  department   Officers  and 

boards  to  send: 

shall,  annually,  before  the  twentieth  day  of  January,  send  to  the   estimates  for 

annual  appro- 
mayor  an  estimate  in  detail  of  the  appropriations  which  will  be   priations  to 

required  to  enable  the   department  to  perform   its  duties    and   s  i89i,c.  364, 

works  during  the  next  financial  year,  and  also  an  estimate  of 

all  income  to  be  received  from  any  source  by  the  department 
during  the  said  year. 

SECT.    24.     Every  officer  required  to  give  a  bond  to  the  city   Bonds  of  city 

J  officers, 

shall  furnish  sureties  upon  the  same,  and  whenever  the  mayor 

shall  demand  shall  furnish  a  new  bond  or  surety. 

1  Amended  June  6, 1894. 


160 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  28. 


-Committee  on 
finance. 

Appointment 


Duties  of. 


-Carriages,  how 
furnished. 


All  boards, 
*tc.,  shall 
report 
annually. 
S.  1891,  c.  364, 
§18. 


Report  of  the 
superintend 
ent  of  public 
buildings. 


SECT.  25,  There  shall  be  appointed,  at  the  commencement  of 
each  municipal  year,  a  committee  on  finance,  consisting  of  the 
president  and  three  members  of  the  board  of  aldermen,  the  presi- 
dent and  five  members  of  the  common  council. 

SECT.  26.  The  committee  on  finance  shall,  at  the  close  of  each 
municipal  year,  and  as  much  ofteiier  as  they  deem  it  expedient, 
examine  and  audit  the  accounts  of  the  treasurer  :  and  for  that 
purpose  shall  have  access  to  all  books  and  vouchers  in  his  pos- 
session, or  in  possession  of  the  auditor  or  any  other  officer  of  the 
city.  They  shall  also  examine  all  notes  and  securities  in  his 
hands  belonging  to  the  city,  and  make  report  thereof  to  the  city 
council. 

SECT.  27.  No  carriage  shall  be  furnished  at  the  expense  of  the 
city,  except  upon  an  order  therefor  signed  by  the  mayor,1  presi- 
dent of  the  board  of  aldermen,  the  president  of  the  common  coun- 
cil, or  the  acting  chairman  of  any  committee  of  the  city  council ; 
and  such  order  shall  state  the  purpose  for  which  the  carriage  is 
required,  and  shall  accompany  the  bill  therefor  as  a  voucher. 

SECT.  28.  All  boards,  commissioners,  trustees,  and  officials 
having  charge  of  city  property  or  the  expenditure  of  appropria- 
tions, unless  otherwise  provided  in  these  revised  ordinances,  shall 
report  to  the  city  council  annually  in  December. 

The  report  shall  contain  a  statement  of  receipts  and  expendi- 
tures for  the  year  ending  November  thirtieth,  a  schedule  of 
materials,  tools  and  property  of  all  kinds  on  hand  December  first, 
and  their  estimated  value. 

The  report  of  the  superintendent  of  public  buildings  shall  con- 
tain a  description  of  all  real  estate  belonging  to  the  city,  with  the 
estimated  value  of  each  parcel  of  land  and  of  each  building. 


Salaries  of 
certain  city 
.jofficers. 


SECT.  30.     The  officers  of  the  city,  hereinafter  named,  shall 
receive  the  following  salaries,  which  are  annual  and  to  be  paid 
monthly  unless  otherwise  stated  : 
Mayor     ..........        $3,600  00 

City  treasurer  and  collector     ......          3,000  00 

City  clerk        .         . 3,000  00 

Assistant  city  clerk          ........        8 1,400  00 

Clerk  of  common  council         .....  300  00 

City  auditor  2,100  00 

Assessors,  each        .         .  *  2,000  00 

i-  Amended  Dec.  28, 1892. 

2  Sectfon  29  repealed  April  27,  1893. 

3  Repealed  March  22,  1893. 

4  Repealed  Dec.  19, 1894. 


(JHAP.  28.J  DUTIES   AND   SALARIES.  161 

Assistant  assessors,  each  (per  day)           .         .         .  $4  00 

City  engineer           .......  3,000  00 

Treasurer  of  commissioners  of  sinking  funds            .  300  00 

City  solicitor ^3,500  00 

Clerk  of  committees         ......  2,400  0.0 

Superintendent  of  streets 2,000  00 

Chief  engineer  of  lire  department    ....  21,800  00 

( 'all  district  chiefs  of  fire  department,  each     .         .  :•)"/)  00 
^Captains  of  hook  and  ladder  companies : 

First  twelve  months  of  service              .         .          .  880  00 

Second  twelve  months  of  service          .         .          .  980  00 

After  two  years  of  service             ....  1,080  00 

Captains  of  steam  fire-engine  companies,  each          .  220  00 

Lieutenants  of  steam  tire-engine  and  hook-and-ladder 

companies,  each 210  00 

4  Enginemen  of  steam  fire  engines  : 

First  twelve  months  of  service     .         .          .         .  5 1,020  00 

Second  twelve  months  of  service          .          .         .  1,100  00 

After  two  years  of  service 1,200  00 

0  Assistant   enginemen   of    steam    fire-engines    and 

tillerman  of  the  Hayes  truck  : 

For  first  twelve  months  of  service        .         .         .  820  00 

For  second  twelve  months  of  service    .         .         .  920  00 

For  third  twelve  months  of  service            ,    .         .  1,020  00 
7  Drivers    in    Fire    Department    and   enginemen   of 

chemical  engines  : 

First  twelve  months  of  service    ....  820  00 

Second  twelve  months  of  service          .         .         .  920  00 

After  two  years  of  service 1,020  00 

"Call  members  of  the  Fire  Department : 

Captains      ...                  ....  245  00 

Lieutenants 235  00 

Members 225  00 

9  Permanent  lieutenants  of   hook-and-ladder   truck 

companies  in  Fire  Department : 

For  first  twelve  months  of  service        .         .         .  1,020  .00 

For  second  twelve  months  of  service    .         .         .  1,035  00 

After  two  years  of  service 1,050  00 

1  Amended  Sept.  4,  1895. 

2  Amended  March  6, 1895. 
»  Amended  May  24, 1893. 

4  Amended  May  24,  1893. 

5  Amended  June  13, 1895. 

6  Amended  March  28,  1894. 

7  Amended  May  24,  1893. 

8  Amended  May  23, 1895. 

9  Amended  Oct.  19, 1898. 


162 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  28. 


Salaries  to  be 
in  full. 


Compensation 
of  janitors. 


Janitors  of 
school-houses. 


Inspector  of  wires  .......  1,000  00 

City  messenger 1,800  00 

Superintendent  of  lamps          .....  1,000  00 

1  Inspector  of  milk  and  vinegar        ....  900  00 

2  Inspector  of  provisions  and  of  animals  intended 

for  slaughter,  etc.     .         .         .         .         .         .  TOO  00 

3  Sealer  of  weights  and  measures     .         .         .         .  1,000  00 

4  City  physician 1,500  00 

4  Superintendent  of  public  buildings         .       v.         .  2,000  00 

5  Commissioner  of  bridges         .          .          .         .          .  700  00 

6  Election  officers : 

Wardens,  clerks  and  inspectors,  for  each  day's 

actual  service,  each,  per  day  ....  8  00 

Deputy  officers,  who  shall  be  in  attendance  at  the 

opening  of  the  polls,  each,  per  day.  .  .  1  T>0 

Registrars  of  voters,  each    .                  .         .         .  500  00 

Clerk  of  the  board  of  registrars  of  voters     .         .  100  00 

SECT.  31.  The  above-mentioned  salaries  shall  be  in  full  for  all 
services  rendered  by  such  officers  in  their  official  capacities. 

SECT.  32.  Janitors  of  public  buildings  other  than  school- 
houses  shall  receive  such  compensation  as  may  be  recommended 
by  the  superintendent  of  public  buildings  and  approved  by  the 
city  council,  or  by  some  committee  by  it  authorized. 

Janitors  of  school  houses  shall  receive  such  compensation  as 
may  be  recommended  by  the  mayor  and  approved  by  the  city 
council,  or  by  some  committee  by  it  authorized. 

7  SECT.  33.  Whenever,  by  reason  of  his  length  of  service,  the 
pay  of  any  member  of  the  fire  department  is  to  be  increased, 
notice  thereof  shall  be  sent  to  the  mayor  by  the  chief  engineer, 
before  placing  the  name  of  such  member  upon  the  pay  roll  at  the 
increased  rate  of  compensation. 

1  Amended  April  27,  1893. 

2  A  mended  March  30,  1893. 

3  Amended  Feb.  21,  1896. 

4  Amended  Dec.  30, 1896. 

5  Amended  Dec.  28,  1892. 
e  Amended  Oct.  16, 1895. 
7  Amended  April  6,  1898. 


GENERAL  ORDINANCES 


CHAP.  29.]  SALE  AND  DELIVERY  OF  ICE.  165 


CHAPTER    29. 

SALE    AXD    DELIVERY    OF    ICE.1 

SECTION  1.     Every  person,  firm  or  corporation  before  selling  Sale  and 

3    delivery  of  ice. 
or  delivering  ice  in  this  city  after  the   first  day  of  February, 

A.  D.  1898,  shall  prior  to  such  sale  or  delivery  register  at  the 
office  of  the  board  of  health  the  name  and  location  of  the  body 
or  bodies  of  water  from  which  said  ice  so  to  be  sold  or  delivered 
has  been  cut,  or  from  which  the  water  has  been  taken  for  its 
manufacture.  Such  registration  shall  be  subscribed  and  sworn 
to  by  the  person  so  proposing  to  sell  or  cause  to  be  delivered 
said  ice,  or  in  the  case  of  a  firm,  by  one  of  the  members  of  the 
firm,  or  in  the  case  of  a  corporation  by  the  president,  general 
manager,  or  one  of  the  board  of  directors  of  the  corporation. 

SECT.  2.     Every  person,  firm  or  corporation  who  sells,  delivers   inspection  of 
or   causes  to  be  delivered  ice  in  this  city   after  the  first  day  ofeheaith.ar 
of  February,  A.  1).  1898,  shall  permit  the  board  of  health  and 
its  inspectors    at"  all   reasonable   times   to   have    access  to  and 
freely  examine  the  ice  intended  for  such  sale  or  delivery,  and 
shall  permit  samples  to  be  taken  by  said  board  or  its  inspectors 
for  the  purpose  of  analysis. 

SECT.  3.,     The  board  of  health  shall  investigate  the  sources  of  Sources  of 

supply  of  ice. 

supply  of  ice  so  sold  or  delivered  and  cause  inspection  and 
analysis  to  be  made  of  the  ice  from  said  sources.  And  if  upon 
such  investigation,  inspection  and  analysis  and  upon  hearing,  it 
shall  deem  and  adjudge  ice  derived  from  any  source  to  be  impure 
and  injurious  to  the  public  health,  it  may  prohibit  the  sale  or 
delivery  in  this  city  of  such  ice  or  of  any  other  ice  which  has 
been  intermingled  with  ice  from  such  source.  Xotice  of  such 
prohibition  shall  be  given  in  the  manner  provided  by  law  for 
giving  notice  of  the  regulations  of  the  board  of  health,  and  such 
notice  shall  be  deemed  legal  notice  to  all  persons. 

SECT.  4.  Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  after  the  first  day  of  Penalty. 
February,  A.  D.  1898,  who  shall  sell  or  deliver  or  cause  to  be 
sold  or  delivered  or  shall  have  in  his,  their  or  its  possession  with 
intent  to  sell  or  deliver  in  this  city  ice  the  source  of  which  has 
not  been  registered  as  above  provided,  or  ice  the  sale  and  delivery 
of  Avhich  has  been  prohibited  and  notice  thereof  given  as  above 
provided,  or  who  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  section 
two  of  this  ordinance,  shall  be  liable  to  a  penalty  not  exceeding 
twenty  dollars  for  each  offence. 

i  Approved  Dec.  29,  1897. 


166 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  30. 


Licenses  and 
permits, 
issuing  of. 


Bond. 


Additional 
sureties  to  be 
furnished. 


Premises  to  be 
restored  at 
licensees  cost. 


Examination 
of  sureties. 


Repeal. 


CHAPTER    30. 

1  LICENSES    AND    PERMITS    AND    BONDS    FOR    THE    SAME, 

SECTION  1.  All  licenses  and  permits  hereinafter  issued  to  any 
person,  persons,  firm  or  corporation,  under  any  ordinance  or  order 
of  the  city  council  or  either  branch  thereof,  shall  be  issued  sub- 
ject to  the  condition  that  the  same  may  be  revoked  at  any  time, 
at  the  option  of  the  department  or  body  from  which  the  same 
were  issued,  or  at  the  option  of  any  future  department  or  body. 

SECT.  2.  Such  licenses  and  permits  shall  have  no  force  in- 
validity, until  a  bond  or  other  satisfactory  security  shall  be 
given  to  the  city  indemnying  and  saving  harmless  the  city  from 
all  liability,  loss  and  expense  whatsoever  which  the  city  may 
incur  and  suffer  arising  out  of  the  issuing  of  such  license  or 
permit  with  such  surety  or  sureties  and  in  such  amounts  as  may 
be  satisfactory  to  the  city  auditor  and  approved  by  the  mayor. 

SECT.  3.  Additional  sureties  shall  be  furnished  on  all  such 
bonds  mentioned  in  section  2  of  this  ordinance,  as  well  as  on  all 
bonds  heretofore  given  under  any  ordinance  or  order  of  the  city 
council  or  either  branch  thereof  whenever,  in  the  manner  and  as 
often  as  in  the  opinion  of  the  department  or  body  from  which 
the  licenses  and  permits  were  issued,  or  any  such  future  depart- 
ment or  body,  it  seems  to  be  for  the  best  interests  of  the  city  to 
require  the  same. 

SECT.  4.  In  addition  to  and  as  a  further  condition  of  the 
bond  so  as  aforesaid  to  be  given,  the  person  or  persons  so  licensed 
or  permitted,  by  an  agreement  satisfactory  to  the  city  solicitor, 
for  themselves,  their  heirs,  successors  and  assigns  shall  agree  to 
restore  at  their  own  expense  and  cost  the  premises,  concerning 
which  the  license  or  permit  was  originally  given,  to  the  same 
condition  in  which  the  premises  were  at  the  time  of  the  granting 
of  such  license  or  permit. 

SECT.  5.  The  sufficiency  of  all  sureties  upon  all  bonds  here- 
after given  to  the  city  shall  be  examined  at  least  once  every 
year  under  the  direction  of  the  city  auditor  who  shall  report  the 
result  of  such  examination  to  the  respective  department  or  other 
body  which  issued  the  license  or  permit,  or  any  succeeding 
department  or  body. 

SECT.  6.  All  existing  ordinances  and  parts  thereof,  in  so  far 
as  they  are  inconsistent  with  this  ordinance,  are  to  that  extent 
hereby  modified  or  repealed,  otherwise  this  ordinance  shall  be  in 
addition  to  all  existing  ordinances  having  reference  to  the  matters 
herein  contained. 


Approved  July  2, 1896. 


CHAP.  31.]  CITY  SEAL.  1 (>7 


CHAPTER  .".1. 

CITY    SEAL. 


1  SECTION  1.     The  following  shall  be  the  device  of  the  seal  of   gejice-    t 

jf .  &.  C«  Oj  §  o, 

the  city,  to  wit :  In  the  centre  thereof  a  shield  bearing  upon  it  a  cL  19. 

view,  on  the  right  the  towers  of  Gore  Hall,  and  on  the  left  the 

Washington  elm;    under    the    shield    the    inscription   shall    be. 

»('<nif(tbi'I(/i(t  f'um/iftf.  A.  I).  1630  ;    Cirim  Ilwjimim  Donata  A.  D. 

1846."     Around  the  seal,  as  the  city  motto,  shall  be  the  words, 

"Lifi'i'ix  tinti'/iiis  //or/x  institittis  decora." 

SK<-T.  1>.     rllie  city  clerk  shall  be  the  custodian  of  the  city  seal,   gjjodian  of 
SECT.  3.     This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  on  the  first  day  of  P.s.c.205,  §26. 

January,  A.  I).  1897. 

1  Amended  Dec.  4, 1896. 


168 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  32. 


CHAPTER  32. 


Public  scales 
to  be 

established 
and  erected. 
P.  S.  c.  60,  §  32. 


Weighers  to  be 
appointed. 


Weighers' 
oath. 


Duties  of 
weigher. 
P.  S.  c.  60,  §  33. 

Form  of 
certificate. 


Weigher  to 
keep  record. 


Fees  for 
weighing 
P.  S.  c.  6( 
§§  33,  39. 


Weighers  to 
keep  scales 
clear  of  snow, 
etc. 


Compensation 
of  weighers. 


CITY  SCALES  AXD  WEIGHERS. 

SECTION  1.  The  board  of  aldermen  shall,  from  time  to  time, 
establish  as  many  scales  for  the  weighing  of  hay  and  other  arti- 
cles as  the  public  good  may  require,  and  cause  the  same  to  be 
erected  and  furnished  with  decimal  weights,  which  shall  be  used 
in  all  cases ;  and  the  mayor,  subject  to  confirmation  by  the  board 
of  aldermen  shall  appoint  suitable  persons  to  weigh  hay  and  other 
articles  thereon  according  to  law. 

SECT.  2.  The  persons  so  appointed  shall  be  sworn  to  the  faith- 
ful performance  of  their  duties.  . 

SECT.  3.  Every  such  weigher  shall  be  at  or  near  the  scales  of 
which  he  has  the  charge  at  all  reasonable  times,  ready  to  weigh 
all  articles  offered  for  that  purpose.  He  shall  deliver  to  the 
driver  or  owner  of  every  load  weighed  a  certificate  under  his 
hand,  specifying  the  name  of  the  driver  or  owner,  his  place  of 
residence,  the  name  of  the  article  weighed,  the-weight  thereof, 
and  the  tare,  the  date  and  the  fees  charged.  He  shall  keep  a 
true  account  of  all  articles  weighed  by  him,  and  record  the  same 
in  a  book  kept  for  the  purpose,  which  shall  at  all  times  be  open 
for  public  inspection,  and,  when  filled,  be  delivered  to  the  city 
clerk.  The  said  record  shall  contain  the  same  particulars  that 
are  required  to  be  stated  in  the  certificate  described  in  this  section. 

SECT.  4.  The  fees  for  weighing  to  be  received  by  the  weighers, 
which  they  shall  pay  to  the  treasurer  quarterly,  shall  be  as 
follows,  to  wit :  One  cent  and  a  half  for  every  hundred  pounds  of 
hay  or  straw ;  one-half  of  a  cent  for  every  hundred  pounds  of 
coal,  pig  iron,  ice  or  sand ;  and  one  cent  for  every  hundred 
pounds  of  any  other  article :  provided,  however,  that  the  fees  for 
weighing  any  article  other  than  hay  or  straw  shall  never  be  less 
than  ten  cents  ;  and  provided.,  further,  that  the  fees  for  weighing 
stone  shall  be  ten  cents  for  a  single  load,  and  fifteen  cents  for  a 
double  load.  The  vehicle  containing  the  same,  and  other  tare, 
shall  be  weighed  without  charge,  and  no  fees  shall  be  taken  for 
weighing  done  on  account  of  the  city. 

SECT.  5.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  weighers  to  keep  the 
scales  under  their  care  clear  of  snow  and  ice,  so  that  they  shall 
be  in  good  condition  for  use  at  all  times,  and  the  sealer  of 
weights  and  measures  shall  have  the  general  control  and  super- 
vision of  all  such  scales. 

SKCT.  (>.  Each  weigher  shall  receive  as  full  compensation  for 
his  services  a  sum  equal  to  one-half  of  the  fees  received  by  him. 


CHAP.  33.]  WARDS.  169 


CHAPTER   33. 

WARDS. 

SECTION  1.     The  five  wards  of  the  city  shall  be  constituted  Five  wards, 
and  known  as  follows  : 

\V<n-<l  One.     Beginning  at  the  boundry  line  between  Cambridge  Boundariesof 

J  the  several 

and  Belmont,  on  Concord  avenue  ;  thence  by  the  centre  of  Con-  wards.   See 

cord  avenue  to  Bond  street ;    thence  by  the  centre  of  Bond  street  and  8,'iwi, 
to*  Garden  street :  thence  by  the  centre  of  Garden  street  to  Shep- 

Ward  I 

ard  street ;  thence  by  the  centre  of  Shepard  street  to  North 
avenue;  thence  by  the  centre  of  North  avenue  to  Sacramento 
street ;  thence  by  the  centre  of  Sacramento  street  to  the  boundary 
line  between  Cambridge  and  Somerville  ;  thence  by  said  boundary 
line  to  a  point  which  would  be  met  by  the  central  line  of  Dana 
street,  if  extended  northerly  to  said  boundry  line  ;  thence  by  a 
line  to  Dana  street,  and  by  the  centre  of  Dana  street  to  Main 
street ;  thence  by  the  centre  of  Main  street  to  Mount  Auburn 
street ;  thence  by  the  centre  of  Mount  Auburn  street  to  Putnam 
avenue  ;  thence  by  the  centre  of  Putnam  avenue  to  Western 
avenue ;  thence  by  the  centre  of  Western  avenue  to  the  boundary 
line  between  Cambridge  and  that  part  of  Boston  formerly  Brigh- 
ton ;  thence  by  said  boundary  line  to  the  boundary  line  between 
Cambridge  and  Watertown  :  thence  by  the  last-mentioned  bound- 
ary line  to  the  boundary  line  between  Cambridge  and  Belmont ; 
thence  by  the  last-mentioned  boundary  line  to  the  point  begun  at. 

W<u-d  Tiro.  Beginning  at  the  boundary  line  between  Cam-  wardii. 
bridge  and  Somerville,  at  a  point  which  would  be  met  by  the 
central  line  of  Dana  street,  if  extended  northerly  to  said  bound- 
ary line  ;  thence  by  a  line  to  Dana  street,  and  by  the  centre  of 
Dana  street  to  Main  street ;  thence  through  the  centre  of  Main 
street  to  Norfolk  street ;  thence  by  the  centre  of  Norfolk  street 
to  Washington  street ;  thence  by  the  centre  of  Washington  street 
to  the  junction  of  Washington  and  Main  streets  ;  thence  by  a  line 
at  a  right  angle  southerly  to  the  water  ;  thence  by  the  water  to  the 
mouth  of  Broad  canal ;  thence  by  the  centre  of  Broad  canal  to 
North  canal ;  thence  by  the  centre  of  North  canal,  and  northerly, 
in  a  line  continued  therefrom,  to  the  boundary  line  between  Cam- 
bridge and  Somerville  ;  thence  by  said  boundary  line  to  the  point 
begun  at. 

n'tu't/  Tit >•<>>'.      Beginning  at  the  water,  at  the  mouth  of  Broad   Wardiii. 
canal ;    thence  by  the  centre  of   Broad  canal   to  North    canal  ? 


170  REVISED  ORDINANCES.  [CHAP.  33. 

thence  by  the  centre  of  North  canal  and  northerly,  in  a  line  con- 
tinued therefrom,  to  the  boundary  line  between  Cambridge  and 
Somerville  ;  thence  by  said  boundary  line  to  the  waters  of  Charles 
River ;  thence  by  the  water  to  the  point  begun  at. 

Ward  iv.  Ward  Four.     Beginning  at  the   boundary   line   between  Cam- 

bridge and  that  part  of  Boston  formerly  Brighton,  on  Western 
avenue  ;  thence  through  the  centre  of  Western  avenue  to  Putnam 
avenue  ;  thence  through  the  centre  of  Putnam  avenue  to  Mount 
Auburn  street ;  thence  through  the  centre  of  Mount  Auburn  street 
to  Main  street ;  thence  through  the  centre  of  Main  street  to  Norfolk 
street ;  thence  through  the  centre  of  Norfolk  street  to  Washington 
street ;  thence  through  the  centre  of  Washington  street  to  the 
junction  of  Washington  and  Main  streets  ;  thence  by  a  line  ai  a 
right  angle  southerly  to  the  water  ;  thence  by  the  water  to  the 
point  begun  at. 

Wardv.  Ward  Five.     Beginning  at  the   boundary    line    between   (Jam- 

bridge  and  Belinont,  on  Concord  avenue ;  thence  by  the  centre 
of  Concord  avenue  to  Bond  street ;  thence  by  the  centre  of  Bond 
street  to  Garden  street ;  thence  by  the  centre  of  Garden  street  to 
Shepard  street ;  thence  by  the  centre  of  Shepard  street  to  North 
avenue ;  thence  by  the  centre  of  North  avenue  to  Sacramento 
street ;  thence  by  the  centre  of  Sacramento  street  to  the  boundary 
line  between  Cambridge  and  Somerville  :  thence  by  said  boundary 
line  to  the  boundary  line  between  Cambridge  and  Arlington ; 
thence  by  the  said  last-mentioned  boundary  line  and  the  boundary 
line  between  Cambridge  and  Belmont  to  the  point  begun  at. 
Number  of  SECT.  2.  The  ward  herein  designated  as  ward  one  shall  elect 

Jhe'common       four  members  of  the   common  council:  the   ward  designated  as 
eteSed  by  each  ward  two  shall  elect   five  members  of  the  common  council ;  the 
8ui89i,  o. 364,      ward  designated  as  ward  three  shall  elect  four  members  of  the 
common  council ;  the  ward  designated  as  ward  four  shall  elect 
live  members  of  the  common  council ;  the  ward  designated  as 
ward  five  shall  elect  two  members  of  the  common  council. 


CHAP.  34.]  WARRANTS  AND  ELECTIONS.  171 


CHAPTER    34. 

WARRANTS    AND    ELECTIONS. 

SECTION  1.     The  form  of  warrants  for  calling  meetings  of  the  warrants. 

.,,  .       ..     '.  ,  .  7.  S.  1891.  c.  364. 

citizens  of  the  several  wards  within  their  respective  voting  pre-  §5. 
cincts,  shall  be  as  follows,  to  wit :  — 

City  of  Caw  l>  ri<l  </<\ 

To  either  constable  of  the  city  of  Cambridge,  Greeting :     In   Form  of 
the  name  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts,  you  are  hereby 
commanded  forthwith  to  warn  the  inhabitants  of  Ward  No.         , 
Precinct  No.          ,  in  said  city,  qualified  as  the  law  directs,  to 
assemble  at  the  polling  place  in  said  precinct,  on  the 

day  of  ,  at  o'clock  in  the  noon,  then 

and  there  to  give  in  their  ballots  for 

Hereof  fail  not,  and  make  due  return  of  this  warrant  with 
your  doings  thereon  to  the  city  clerk  five  days  at  least  before 
the  said  day  of  meeting. 

Witness  ,   Esquire,  president   of   the   board   of 

aldermen   of    our   city  ,of    Cambridge,  the  day   of 

,  in  the  year  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and 
By  order  of  the  board  of  aldermen, 

City  Clerk. 

Ma  i/or. 

SECT.    2.     All  warrants  for  calling  meetings  of  the  citizens  of  Warrants, 

.  .  how  issued, 

the  several  wards  within  their  respective  voting  precincts  shall  and  by  whom 

be  issued  by  the  board  of  aldermen  and  signed  by  the  city  clerk,  returned^ 
shall  be  served  by  a  constable  of  the  city,  and  by  him  returned   §  ii9. 
to  the  city  clerk  five  days  at  least  before  the  time  of  meeting 
therein  specified. 

SECT.    3.     Every   such   warrant  for    calling   meetings    of   the  service  of 
citizens  of  the  several  wards  within  their  respective  voting  pre- 
cincts, shall  be  served  by  posting  an  attested  copy  thereof  at  or 
near  the  polling  place  in  the  voting  precinct  named  in  the  warrant, 
seven  days  at  least  before  the  time  of  meeting. 

SECT.  4.     The  board  of  aldermen  shall  fix  the  times  for  open-  Time  of 
ing  and  closing  the  polls,  at  meetings  held  for  the  election  of  all   clo^ingfpoiis  to 
officers,  and  shall  state  the  same  in  the  warrants  for  calling  the  inserted  in 

. .  warrants. 

meetings.  s.  1890,  c.  423. 

S.  1891,  (',.  314. 


172 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  34. 


Form  of 
warrants  for 
general 
meetings. 


How  served 
and  returned. 


Proceedings  at 

general 

meetings. 


SECT.  5.  All  warrants  for  calling  general  meetings  of  the 
inhabitants  of  the  city  shall  be  substantially  in  the  form  pre- 
scribed in  the  first  section,  except  that  such  meetings  shall  be 
held  at  such  place  in  the  city  as  the  board  of  aldermen  shall 
direct.  They  shall  be  served  by  a  constable  of  the  city,  by  post- 
ing one  copy  thereof  in  each  of  the  several  voting  precincts,  not 
less  than  seven  days  before  the  time  of  meeting,  and  be  returned 
to  the  board  of  aldermen. 

SECT.  6.  The  city  clerk  shall  attend  all  general  meetings  of 
the  citizens  which  may  be  held  by  virtue  of  warrants  issued  by 
the  board  of  aldermen ;  shall  open  such  meetings  by  reading  the 
warrant  therefor ;  and  shall  continue  to  preside  thereat  until  a 
moderator  is  chosen.  He  shall  keep,  in  a  separate  book,  a  record 
of  the  proceedings  of  such  meetings,  and  shall  insert  in  the 
record  copies  of  all  reports  or  other  documents  upon  which  said 
proceedings  have  been  founded. 


CHAP.  35.]  BK1UGE   CHARITABLE  FUND.  173 


CHAPTER  35. 

BRIDGE    CHARITABLE    FUND. 

SECTION  1.     The   fund   given   to   the    city  by  the   late   Levi  Name  of  fund- 
Bridge  shall  be  called  the   Bridge  Charitable  Fund;    and  the  HOW  to  be 
income  therefrom  shall  be  applied  in  accordance  with  the  pro- 
visions of  his  deed  of  trust. 

SECT.  2.     The  mayor,  the  president  of  the  board  of  aldermen,  Trustees,  of 
and  the  president  of  the  common  council,  shall  be  the  trustees  of  consist, 
said  fund. 

SECT.  3.     Said  trustees  shall  have  the  care  and  management  Care  of  fund, 
of  said  fund,  and  shall  keep  the  same  invested  in  such  manner 
as  they  deem  expedient. 

SECT.  4.     The    mayor    shall   be,    ex   offi,do.    chairman   of   the  Annual  repoit. 
board  of  trustees  ;  and  the  trustees  shall  keep  a  record  of  their 
doings,  and,  at  the   close  of  each  financial  year,  make  a  report 
thereof  to  the  city  council. 


174 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP. 


Name  of  fund. 


Trustees. 


Duties  of 
trustees. 


Shall  appoint 
an  agent. 


Chairman  of 
board. 

Annual  report. 


CHAPTER    .",<). 

SANDERS    TEMPERANCE    FUND. 

SECTION  1.  The  fund  of  ten  thousand  dollars,  given  to  the 
city  by  the  will  of  the  late  Charles  Sanders,  shall  be  called 
the  Sanders  Temperance  Fund. 

SECT.  2.  The  mayor,  the  president  of  the  board  of  aldermen 
and  the  president  of  the  .common  council,  shall  be  the  trustees 
of  said  fund. 

SECT.  3.  Said  trustees  shall  have  the  care  and  management 
of  said  fund,  and  shall  keep  the  same  invested  in  notes  of  the 
city,  with  interest  payable  quarterly,  at  six  per  cent.,  to  the  order 
of  the  trustees ;  and  they  shall  appoint  an  agent  to  be  employed 
in  the  manner  provided  in  the  will  of  the  donor  of  this  fund,  who 
shall  receive  his  salary  in  equal  quarterly  payments  from  the 
trustees,  and  shall  hold  his  office  at  their  pleasure. 

SECT.  4.  The  mayor  shall  be,  ex  offido,  chairman  of  the  board 
of  trustees,  and  they  shall  keep  a  record  of  their  doings,  and 
annually,  at  the  close  of  each  financial  year,  make  a  report  thereof 
to  the  city  council. 


(HA  i>.  37.]  TRUANTS.  175 


CHAPTER    37. 

TIM"  ANTS. 

1  SKCTIOX  1.  Any  minor,  between  the  ages  of  seven  and  fifteen  Truants,  etc. 
years,  convicted  of  being  an  habitual  truant,  or  wandering  about 
in  the  streets  or  public  places  of  Cambridge,  having  no  lawful 
occupation  or  business,  not  attending  school,  and  growing  up  in 
ignorance,  and  such  children  as  persistently  violate  the  reasonable 
rules  and  regulations  of  the  public  schools,  shall  be  committed  to 
the  Middlesex  Truant  School  for  a  term  not  exceeding  two  years. 
The  Middlesex  County  Truant  School  is  the  place  provided  for 
the  confinement,  discipline,  and  instruction  of  such  children. 

1  Amended  Dec.  19, 1894. 


176 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  38. 


Workhouse 

established  for 

employment 

and  support  of, 

various 

classes. 

P.  S.  c.33,  §1. 


Almshouse  to 
be  the 
workhouse. 


CHAPTER  38. 

WORK  HO  USE, 

SECTIOX  1.  There  shall  be  established  in  the  city  of  Cam- 
bridge a  workhouse  for  the  employment  and  support  of  the 
following  description  of  persons,  that  is  to  say,  poor  and  indigent 
persons  that  are  maintained  by.  or  receive  alms  from,  the  city  ; 
persons  who,  being  able  of  body  to  work,  and  not  having  estate 
or  means  otherwise  to  maintain  themselves,  refuse  or  neglect  to 
work  ;  persons  who  live  a  dissolute,  vagrant  life,  and  exercise  no 
ordinary  calling  or  lawful  business ;  and  persons  who  spend  their 
time  and  property  in  public  houses,  to  the  neglect  of  their  proper 
business,  or  who,  by  otherwise  misspending  what  they  earn,  to 
the  impoverishment  of  themselves  and  their  families,  are  likely 
to  become  chargeable  to  the  city. 

SECT.  2.  The  present  almshouse  is  hereby  constituted  and 
declared  the  workhouse  of  the  city,  as  set  forth  in  the  first 
section  of  this  chapter. 


CHAP.  39.]  DOGS.  177 


CHAPTER   39. 

DOGS. 


SECTION-  1.     No  person  shall  own  or  keep  in  the  city  any  clog  r.  s.  c.  102, 
which  by  barking,  biting,  howling  or  in  any  other  manner,  dis-  §§109'110- 
turbs  the  quiet  of  any  person.     Whoever  violates  this  provision 
shall  be  liable  to  a  penalty  not  exceeding  ten  dollars. 


178  REVISED  ORDINANCES.  [CHAP.  40. 


CHAPTER   40. 

SHUT-OFFS    IN    GAS    SUPPLY    PIPES. 

Gas  furnished         Whenever  gas  is  furnished  to  any  public  building  hereafter 
building.  constructed  and  used  as  a  church,  public  school,  or  public  hall,  or 

as  an  apartment  or  tenement  house  containing  four  or  more  suites 
of  rooms,  or  as  a  manufactory  when  supplied  by  service  pipe  of 
not  less  than  one  inch  in  diameter,  there  shall  be  placed  a  proper 
shut-off  in  the  supply  pipe  outside  of  such  building,  the  expense 
thereof  to  be  borne  by  the  person  or  company  supplying  the  gas. 


CHAP.  41.]  GUNPOWDER  AND  EXPLOSIVE  COMPOUNDS.  179 


CHAPTER    41. 

GUNPOWDER    AND    EXPLOSIVE    COMPOUNDS. 

SECTION  1.     No  gunpowder  shall  be  kept  within  the  city,  unless   Gunpowder, 
..    .  ,   .      ,.    ,  .  ,     -,,    how  to  be  kept. 

it  is  well  secured  in  tight  casks  or  canisters,  and  no  person  shall  P.  s.  c.  112, 
store  or  keep  for  sale  gunpowder  or  any  other  explosive  compound 
in  any   building  other  than  described  in  section  seven  of  this 
ordinance. 

SECT.  2.     No  gunpowder  above  the  quantity  of  fifty  pounds  Above  fifty 

shall  be  kept  or  deposited  in  any  shop,  store   or   other  building,  be  'kept  within 


or  in  a  ship  or  vessel,  which  is  within  the  distance  of  twenty-five 

rods  from  any  other  building  or  from  a  wharf.  ff|'  c"  102> 

SECT.  3.     No    gunpowder  above  the    quantity    of   twenty  -five   Above  twenty- 
pounds  shall  be  kept   or  deposited  in  any  shop,  store   or  other  ?0Vbekept8r 
building  within  ten  rods  of  any  other  building.  rods!^0 

SECT.  4.     No  gunpowder  above  the  quantity  of  one  pound  shall   §*-||'  c*  102> 
be  kept  or  deposited  in  any   shop,  store  or  other  building  within   Above  one 
ten  rods  of  any  other  building,  unless  the  same  be  well   secured   Ee^eptwithin 
in  copper,  tin  or  brass  canisters,  holding  not  exceeding  five  pounds   SSe^  etc!0" 
each,  and  closely  covered  with  copper,  tin  or  brass  covers,  accord-  g*j^*  c'  102> 
ing   to   the    fifty-sixth    section  of  the  one   hundred  and  second 
chapter  of  the  Public  Statutes. 

SECT.  5.     No  gunpowder  exceeding  the  quantity  of  one  hundred   Above  one 
pounds  shall   be  conveyed  through  the  city,  unless  the  same  be  pounds  not  to 
enclosed  in  tight  casks,  boxes  or  canisters,  that  shall  prevent  the  therougheci?y, 
escape  of  any  particle  of  their  contents,  and  conveyed  in  a  vehicle    p.  s.  c!  io&,' 
closely  and   entirely  covered  with  leather  or  painted  canvas,  the 
bottom  and  sides  of  which  vehicle  shall  be  lined  with  leather,  or 
felt,  or  some  other  soft  substance,  so  as  to  prevent  friction  ;  nor   vehicles 
shall   any  two  or  more  vehicles,   containing   gunpowder  in   any   gunpowder. 
quantity,  be  allowed  within   sixty  rods  of  each  other  ;  nor  shall 
any  vehicle   containing  gunpowder  be  allowed  to  remain   in  the 
city  over  night,  nor  to  stand  more   than  ten  minutes  within  two 
hundred  yards  of  any  dwelling-house  ;  nor  shall  any  team  convey- 
ing gunpowder  be  driven  at  a  speed  greater  than  a  walk. 

SECT.  6.     Every  vehicle,  for  the  conveying  of  gunpowder  in  or   inspection  of 
through  the  city,  shall  be   subject,  at  all  times,  to  the  inspection  containing 
of  the  mayor,  any  alderman,  police  officer,  or  engineer  of  the  fire 
department. 

SECT.  7.     All  persons  who   shall   store   or  keep  for   sale   gun- 
powder or  any  other  explosive  compound  above  the  quantity  of 


180 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  41. 


Persons 
keeping 
explosive 
compounds  in 
any  building 
shall  notify 
chief  engineer 
of  fire 

department. 
S.  1882,  c.  269. 


one  pound  in  any  building  shall,  immediately  on  the  receipt  of 
such  gunpowder  or  other  explosive  compound,  deliver  to  the  chief 
engineer  of  the  fire  department  a  statement  in  writing  of  the  amount 
of  such  gunpowder  or  other  explosive  compound  kept  or  proposed 
to  be  kept,  together  with  an  accurate  description  of  the  building 
and  of  the  room  or  roooms  of  the  building  in  which  the  same  is 
kept,  or  is  proposed  to  be  kept. 


CHAP.  42.]  JUNK,  OLD  METALS,  ETC. 


1  CHAPTER    42. 

JUNK,    OLD    METALS    AND    SECOND-HAND    ARTICLES. 

SECTION  1.     No  person,  corporation,  member  of  a  co-partner-  Dealers  in 
ship  or  firm  shall  be  a  dealer  in  or  keeper  of  a  shop  for  the  licensed.'' 
purchase,  sale   or   barter   of   junk,   old   metals   or   second-hand 
articles,  or  collect  or  be  a  dealer  in  rags  in  this  city  unless  duly 
licensed  therefor  by  the  board  of   aldermen,   and  unless   such 
person,    corporation,    co-partnership    or   firm    complies  with    all 
lawful   ordinances    and    laws   now   and   hereafter   enacted   and 
passed   in   reference    and   applicable   to   junk,   old   metals    and 
second-hand  articles. 

SECT.   2.     Each  license  issued  to  such  dealers  in  junk,  old   Form  of 

0          '  license. 

metals  and  second-hand  articles  and  collector  and  dealer  in 
rags  shall  set  forth  the  name  of  the  party  licensed,  the  nature 
of  the  business,  and  the  building  or  place  in  which  it  is  carried 
on,  and  shall  continue  in  force  until  the  first  day  of  May  next 
ensuing,  unless  sooner  revoked.  The  place  of  business  shall  not 
be  changed  during  the  continuance  of  the  license  except  by 
special  consent  of  the  board  of  aldermen  to  removal  is  obtained. 
The  fee  for  such  license  shall  be  two  dollars.  No  such  license  Fee. 
shall  be  transferable. 

SECT.  3.     Every  such  dealer  in  or  keeper  of  a  shop  for  the  TO  keep  record 


purchase,  sale  or  barter  of  junk,  old  metals,  or  second-hand  r 
articles,  shall  keep  a  book  in  which  shall  be  legibly  written  in 
the  English  language  at  the  time  of  every  purchase  of  any  such 
article,  a  description  thereof,  the  name,  age  and  residence,  giving 
street  and  number,  when  possible,  of  the  person  from  whom  and 
the  day  and  hour  when  such  purchase  was  made.  No  entry  in 
such  book  shall  be  changed,  erased,  obliterated  or  defaced.  Such 
book,  any  such  shop  and  all  articles  of  merchandise  therein  shall 
at  all  times  be  open  to  the  inspection  of  the  mayor  and  aldermen, 
or  either  of  them,  and  of  any  person  by  them  or  either  of  them 
respectively  authorized  in  writing  to  make  such  inspection  upon 
exhibiting  such  written  authority  to  such  dealer  or  keeper. 

SECT.  4.     Every  keeper  of  such  shop  as  is  mentioned  in  the   TO  put  signs  on 
preceding  section  shall  put  in  some  suitable  and   conspicuous 
place  on  his  shop  a  sign  having  his  name  and  occupation  legibly 
inscribed  thereon  in  large  letters,  so  that  the  same  may  be  dis- 
tinctly seen. 

i  Amended  Dec.  28,  1898. 


182 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAr.  42. 


Not  to  make 
purchases, etc., 
from  minors, 
etc. 


Not  to  sell  arti- 
cles within  one 
week. 


Hours  when 
shops  may  be 
kept  open. 


Vehicles  shall 
be  subject  to 
inspection,  etc. 


Revocation  of 
license. 


Penalty. 


SECT.  5.  No  keeper  of  such  shop  shall,  directly  or  indirectly, 
either  purchase  or  receive  by  way  of  barter  or  exchange  any 
junk,  rags,  old  metals  or  second-hand  articles  of  a  minor  or 
apprentice,  knowing  or  having  reason  to  believe  him  to  be  such, 
without  the  consent  in  writing  of  the  parent  or  guardian  of  such 
minor  or  master  of  such  apprentice. 

SECT.  6.  No  article  purchased  or  received  by  any  such  dealer 
or  keeper  of  such  shop  shall  he  sold  until  a  period  of  at  least  one 
week  from  the  date  of  its  purchase  or  receipt  has  elapsed. 

SECT.  7.  No  keeper  of  any  such  shop  shall  have  his  shop 
open  for  the  transaction  of  business  nor  shall  he  purchase  or  sell 
or  barter  any  junk,  old  metals  or  second-hand  articles  except 
between  sunrise  and  ten  o'clock  in  the  evening  of  any  week  day. 

SECT.  8.  Every  vehicle  used  in  the  collection  of  junk,  old 
metals,  rags  or  second-hand  articles  shall  be  at  all  times  subject 
to  the  inspection  of  the  mayor  or  board  of  aldermen,  or  either  of 
them,  or  of  any  person  by  them  or  either  of  them  respectively 
authorized  in  writing  to  make  such  an  inspection  upon  exhibiting 
such  written  authority  to  the  person  driving  or  having  charge  of 
such  vehicle.  Every  such  vehicle  shall  have  the  name  of  the 
owner  and  the  number  of  his  license  placed  upon  the  outside  of 
each  side  of  his  vehicle,  in  plain,  legible  letters  and  figures  of  not 
less  than  one  and  one-half  inches  in  height,  and  so  that  the  same 
may  be  distinctly  seen. 

SECT.  9.  A  violation  of  any  provision  of  this  or  any  subse- 
quent ordinance  that  may  be  passed  in  the  premises  shall  of 
itself  be  sufficient  cause  and  reason  to  revoke  any  such  license. 
The  board  of  aldermen  reserves  the  right  at  any  time  for  any 
other  cause  sufficient  to  them  to  revoke  any  such  license. 

SECT.  10.  Whoever  not  being  so  licensed  keeps  such  shop  or 
is  such  collector,  dealer  or  being  licensed,  keeps  such  shop  or  is 
such  dealer  in  any  other  place  or  manner  than  that  designated  in 
the  license  shall  forfeit  twenty  dollars  for  each  offence ;  and 
whoever  violates  any  provision  of  this  ordinance  or  any  rule, 
regulation  or  restriction  contained  in  his  license,  shall  forfeit  a 
sum  not  exceeding  twenty  dollars  for  each  offence. 


CHAP.  43.]  PETROLEUM.,  183 


CHAPTER  43. 

PETROLEUM. 

SECTION  1.     Any  person  desiring  to  manufacture,  refine,  mix,   License  for 

•  T  a    •  -i  i       -i     -M  •       manufacture 

store,  or  keep  for  sale  any  oil   or  fluid,  composed  wholly   or  in  and  storage  of 

f  .  i  petroleum  to 

part  of  any  of  the  products  of  petroleum,  in  any  place,  except  as  be  obtained  of 

provided  in  the  seventy-second  section  of  chapter  one  hundred  aldermen. 

and  two  of  the  public  statutes,  shall  apply  in  writing  for  a  license  §§73,75.    ' 

therefor,  to  the  board  of  aldermen  ;  and  shall  state  in  his  applica- 

tion the  place,  building,  or  part  of  a  building,  for  which  he 

desires  a  license,  and  whether  he  desires  a  license  for  manufactur- 

ing, refining  and  mixing  said  articles,  or  any  of  them,  or  a  license 

for  storing  or  keeping  them,  or  both.     Such  application  shall'  be 

referred  to  the  chief  engineer  of  the  fire  department,  who  shall, 

within  one  week  from  the  time  of  such  reference,  examine,  or 

cause  to  be  examined  by  one  of  the  call  district  chiefs,  the  place 

or  building  described  in  such  application,  and  report  in  writing 

to  the  board  of  aldermen  his  opinion  of  the  propriety  of  granting 

the  license  :    but  this  section  shall  not  apply  to  quantities  not 

exceeding  fifty  gallons  kept  by  families  for  their  private  use,  nor 

to  quantities  not  exceeding  one  hundred  gallons  kept  in  manufac- 

tories for  use  on  the  premises. 

SECT.  2.     No  license  shall  be  granted  for  manufacturing,  refin-  No  license  to 
ing,  mixing,  storing  or  keeping  said  articles,  or  any  of  them,  upon 
any  alley,  sidewalk,  street  or  wharf,  nor  upon  any  floor  of  a 
building  above  the  first  floor. 

SECT.  3.     No  license  shall  be  granted  for  mixing,  storing  or  petroleum  to 
keeping  crude  petroleum,  naptha,  or  gasoline,  in  any  part  of  a 


building  above  the  cellar,  unless  said  articles  are  contained  in  certain  cases  . 
metallic  vessels  securely  closed. 

SECT.  4.     No  license  shall  be  granted  for,  and  no  person  shall  NO  license  to 

sell  or  keep  for  sale  at  retail,  for  illuminating  purposes,  refined  unless 

inspected. 

petroleum,  or  any  product  of  petroleum,  unless  the  same  has  been  s.  1885,  c.  122. 
inspected  and  approved  by  an  inspector  duly  authorized  by  some 
city  or  town  in  this  Commonwealth. 

SECT.  5.     Except  as  hereinbefore   prpvided,   licenses   may  be  Licenses  may 
granted  for  manufacturing,  refining,  mixing,  storing  and  keeping  un|e?certain 
said  articles,  or  any  of  them,  in  cellars,  or  upon  the  first  floor  of  restrlctlons- 
buildings,  or  in  other  suitable  localities,  in  such  quantities  over 
one  hundred  gallons,  and  in  such  a  manner  as  the  board  of  alder- 
men may  determine,  except  that  no  license  shall  be  granted  for 


184  REVISED  ORDINANCES.  [CHAP.  43. 

manufacturing,  refining,  mixing,  storing  or  keeping  said  articles, 
or  any  of  them,  upon  the  first  floor  of  any  building  in  a  greater 
quantity  than  four  hundred  gallons,  unless  the  same  be  contained 
in  metallic  vessels  securely  closed,  or  the  foundations  and  walls 
of  said  building  be  of  brick,  stone  or  iron,  and  the  sills  or  walls 
of  said  building  be  built  without  apertures  for  a  space  of  at 
least  one  foot  above  the  floor. 
License  to  SECT.  6.  There  shall  be  expressed  in  said  license  the  name  of 

express 

certain  facts,      the  person  to  whom  -the  license  is   granted,  and  whether  he  is 

permitted  to  manufacture,  refine  and  mix  said  articles,  or  any  of 
them,  or  to  store  or  keep  them,  or  both ;  and  a  description  of  the 
place,  building  or  part  of  a  building  licensed,  and  any  limitations 
upon  the  quantity  of  said  articles,  or  any  of  them,  which  may  be 
manufactured,  refined,  mixed,  stored  or  kept  therein,  or  upon  the 
manner  of  manufacturing,  refining,  mixing,  storing  or  keeping  the 
same,  which  the  board  of  aldermen  may  in  each  case  see  fit  to 
impose  ;  and  any  person  so  licensed  may  manufacture,  refine, 
mix,  store  or  keep  said  articles,  or  any  of  them,  according  to  the 
terms  of  his  license,  either  on  his  own  account  or  on  account  of 
any  other  person. 
Premises  to  be  SECT.  7.  Any  person  holding  such  a  license  shall  allow  the 

inspection  of      chief  engineer  of  the  fire  department,  or  any  of  the  call  district 
certain  officers.         .  .  -,11^11 

chiefs,  or  any  inspector  appointed  by  the  board  01  aldermen,  to 

enter  the  premises  described  in  the  license,  and  take  such  sam- 
ples of  oils,  and  make  such  examinations  of  the  premises,  as  said 
violation.  engineers  or  inspectors  deem  expedient.  Any  violation  of  the 
terms  of  said  license  shall  work  a  revocation  of  the  same,  and  the 
board  of  aldermen  may  revoke  such  license  at  any  time. 

Chief  engineer        SECT.  8.     The  chief  engineer  of  the  fire  department  shall  make 
complaints         complaint  to  the  third  district  court  of  Eastern  Middlesex  of  all 

and  bring 

suits.  violations  of  the  provisions  of  section  seven  of  chapter  fifty -nine 

or  of  sections  sixty-nine  to  seventy-five,  inclusive,  of  chapter  one 
hundred  and  two  of  the  public  statutes,  and  bring  suits  in  the 
name  of  the  mayor  of  the  city  against  all  persons  who  manufact- 
ure, refine,  mix,  store  or  keep  for  sale  any  oil  or  fluid,  composed 
wholly  or  in  part  of  the  products  of  petroleum,  without  the 
license  required  by  this  chapter. 


CHAP.  44.]  UNDERTAKERS,  185 


CHAPTER    44. 

UNDERTAKERS. 

SECTION  1.     Annually,   in  the  month  of   January,   or  within   undertakers, 
sixty  days  thereafter,  the  mayor,  subject  to  confirmation  by  the  of  P° 
board  of  aldermen,  shall  appoint  a  suitable  number  of  undertakers, 
who  shall  hold  office  for  one  year  from  the  first  Monday  in  Febru- 
ary  in  the  year   of  their   appointment,  unless   sooner  removed. 
!STo  person,   except  such  undertaker,  or  one  appointed   by   him   NO  other 
acting  in  his  place,  shall  bury  or  remove  the  body  of  any  deceased   or  re°move  Ury 
person,  or  undertake  the  management  of  any  funeral. 

SECT.   2.     Whenever  any  person  dies  within  the  limits  of  the   Notice  of  death 

to  be  given  to 

city,  the  nearest  relative,  or  the  person  in  whose  house  the  death   an  undertaker, 
occurred,  or  any  other  person  who  has  first  become  informed  of 
the  event,  shall  cause  the  same  to  be  made  known  to  an  under- 
taker as  soon  as  practicable.     Any  undertaker  informed  of  the   Duties  of 
decease  of  any  person  within  the  limits  of  his  district,  shall  take   p.  s.  c.  207, 
the  personal  charge  of  all  necessary  arrangements  for  the  removal 
and  burial  of  the  body  of  the  deceased,  and  shall  be  responsible 
for  the  decent,  orderly  and  faithful  management  of  the  funeral 
undertaken  by   him,  and  for  a  strict  compliance  with  the  ordi- 
nances of  the  city  in  this  behalf. 

SECT.  3.     Each  undertaker  may  employ  porters  of  a  discreet   undertakers 
and  sober  character  to  assist  him,  and  he   shall  be  accountable   porters, 
for  their  conduct.     Said  undertakers  and  porters  may  be  removed 
at  the   pleasure   of  the  mayor   and   aldermen.      No  person   not   Opening  of 
appointed  as  aforesaid  shall   open   any   tomb  or   grave  for   the 
purpose   of  depositing  or    removing  a  dead    body,    without   the 
permission  of  the  board  of  health. 

SECT.   4.      For  services  rendered  in  accordance  with  the  provi-  Fees  of 

undertakers. 

sions  ot  this  chapter,  an  undertaker  shall  be  entitled  to  receive 
the  following  fees,  and  no  more,  to  wit :  — 

For  a  hearse  with  one  horse,  five  dollars. 

For  a  hearse  with  two  horses,  six  dollars. 

For  services  of  himself  and  of  his  assistants  at  the  house,  and 
in  carrying  the  body  from  the  house  to  the  grave  or  tomb,  —  for 
a  person  twelve  years  of  age  and  upwards,  four  dollars ;  for  a 
person  less  than  twelve  years  of  age,  two  dollars  and  fifty  cents. 


REVISED  ORDINANCES.  [CHAP.  44. 

For  carrying  a  body  out  of  the  city,  he  shall  be  allowed,  in 
addition,  fifty  cents  for  every  mile  which  he  shall  carry  the  same 
beyond  the  limits  of  the  city. 

The  foregoing  table  of  fees  shall  be  printed  upon  the  license 
issued  to  an  undertaker. 

Fees  for  The  compensation  required  by  law  to  be  paid  for  obtaining  and 

deaths.  returning  the  information  required  by  statute  concerning  persons 

deceased,  shall  be  understood  as  included  in  the  foregoing  fees. 


CHAP.  45.]  GENERAL  REGULATIONS  FOR  STREETS,  ETC.  187 


CHAPTER   45. 

GENERAL    REGULATIONS    FOR    STREETS,  COMMONS,  RESERVOIRS, 
AND    OTHER    PUBLIC    PLACES. 

Streets. 

SECTION  1.     No  person  shall  remain  for  a  longer  time  than  p.  s.  c.  27,  §  15. 

T>       C       f»        O       c    O 

twenty  minutes  upon  a  sidewalk  in  such  a  manner  as  to  obstruct   ci'.is. 
the  free  passage  of  foot  travellers,  or  upon  any  dodrstep,  portico.   Remaining  on 
or  other  projection  from  any  building,  to  the  annoyance  or  dis-  todoSruct°a 
turbance  of  any  person,  nor  shall  any  person  habitually  loiter  and 


remain  upon  a  sidewalk  in  said  manner,  after  having  been  within  p 
three  months  previously  requested  by  a  police  officer  to  cease  so 
doing,  nor  shall  any  person  remain  on  a  sidewalk  in  said  manner 
for  more  than  five  minutes  after  being  requested  by  a  police 
officer  to  move  on. 

SECT.  2.     No  person  shall  climb  a  tree  in  any  street,  or  fasten  climbing 
or  tie  a  horse   or  other  animal  to,  or  post  a  bill  upon,  any  such 
tree,  or  allow  any  horse  or  other  animal  owned  by  him,  or  under 


his  control  to  stand  so  near  any  such  tree,  that  such  tree  may  be  p.  s.  c.  54, 
gnawed   or  otherwise  injured  by   such  horse  or  other  animal  so 
allowed  to  stand,  and  no  person  shall  place  a  sign  upon  or  around 
any  tree  on  any  street  of  the  city. 

SECT.  3.     No  owner  or  person  having  the  care  of  any  domestic  Grazing 

.  animals,  etc., 

fowls,   or   any  goats,  sheep,   swine,  horses,  oxen,   cows,  or   other   feeding  and 

grazing  animals,  shall  permit  or  suffer  the  same  to  go  at  large,  or  forbfdden. 
to  graze  on  any  street  ;  l  and  no  person  shall  publicly  exhibit  any 
animal  in  the  streets  or  public  places  of  the  city  except  in  accord- 
ance with  a  permit  from  the  superintendent  of  the  streets  or  a 
license  from  the  board  of  aldermen. 

SECT.  4.     No  person  having  the  care  or  use  of  a  horse  or  other  Fast  driving 
beast  of  burden,  carriage,  or  draught,  shall  ride,  drive  or  permit   penalty. 
such  horse  or  other  beast  to  go  at  a  greater  rate  of  speed  than 
eight  miles  an  hour  in  any  street. 

SECT.   5.     No  person  shall  stop  his  team  or  carriage,  or  unneces-  Teams  not  to 
sarily  place  any  other  obstruction,  on  any  flagging-stones  or  other  gmg  stones. 
footways  laid   in  or  across  any  street,   nor  suffer  his  wagon  or 
other  vehicle  to  remain  an   unnecessary  length   of  time  in  any 
street. 

SECT.   6.     No  person  shall,  by   any  noise,  gestures,   words  or  Frightening 
other  means,  wantonly   and    designedly  frighten   or    drive    any   forbidden. 
horse  in  any  street. 

l  Amended  June  30,  1893. 


188 


KEVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  45. 


Carriages  and 
horses  not  to 
be  cleaned  in 
streets,  etc. 


Gaming,  or 
exposing 


ievices 
forbidden. 


No  tables, 
stalls,  etc.,  in 
street  without 
permission. 


Discharge  of 

fire-arms 

forbidden. 


No  bonfires 

allowed. 

P.  S.  c.  206,  §  12. 

Injuring 

guide-boards, 

lamp-posts 

and  trees 

forbidden. 

See  P.  S.  c.  203, 

§76. 

Defacing 
property 
forbidden. 


Also  playing 
ball,  throwing 
stones,  etc. 


Also  using 
bow  and 
arrow. 

Also  coasting, 
except,  etc. 
P.  S.  c.  53,  §  15. 


Riding  bicycle 
and  tricycle. 


Use  of  veloci- 
pedes. 


SECT.  7.  The  owners  and  occupants  of  stables  shall  not  wash 
or  clean  carriages  or  horses  in  the  streets,  or  cause  them  to  be 
there  washed  or  cleaned,  nor  shall  they  otherwise  encumber  the 
streets. 

SECT.  8.  No  person  shall  expose,  in  or  upon  any  street,  public 
ground  or  common,  any  table  or  device  of  any  kind,  by  or  upon 
which  any  game  of  hazard  or  chance  can  be  played  ;  nor  shall 
any  person  play  any  such  game  at  such  table  or  device,  in  or 
upon  any  street,  public  ground  or  common. 

SECT.  9.  No  person  shall  place  or  keep  any  table,  stall,  booth 
or  other  erection,  in  any  street,  public  place  or  any  sidewalk, 
for  the  sale  of  fruit  or  other  things,  without  permission  from 
the  mayor. 

SECT.  10.  No  person  shall,  except  in  the  performance  of  some 
legal  duty,  discharge  any  gun,  pistol  or  other  fire-arm,  within  the 
city  limits. 

SECT.  11.     No  person  shall  make  a  bonfire  in  any  street. 

SECT.  12.  No  person  shall  injure,  deface  or  destroy  any  guide- 
post  or  guide-board,  any  lamp-post,  or  lamp  or  lantern  thereon ; 
or  any  tree,  building,  fence,  post  or  other  thing,  set,  erected  or 
made  for  the  use  or  ornament  of  the  city. 

SECT.  13.  No  person  shall  paint  or  draw  any  words  or  figures, 
or  post  any  written  or  printed  matter,  upon  the  property  of  any 
private  person  or  corporation,  without  the  consent  of  the  owner 
or  occupant  thereof,  nor  upon  any  property  of  the  city,  without 
the  consent  of  the  mayor. 

SECT.  14.  No  person  shall  play  ball,  or  throw  a  stone,  or  a 
snow  ball,  or  other  missile  in  any  street,  or  upon  or  from  any 
bridge. 

SECT.  15.  No  person  shall  shoot  with  or  use  a  bow  and  arrow 
or  air-gun  in  a  street,  or  upon  or  from  any  bridge. 

1  SECT.  16.  No  person  shall  coast  upon  a  sled  on  any  street 
of  this  city  without  the  written  permission  of  the  mayor ;  and 
without  such  written  permission  no  person,  in  any  public  street 
or  square  of  this  city,  shall  ride  a  bicycle  or  tricycle  at  a  rate 
of  speed  exceeding  ten  miles  an  hour,  and  only  for  the  time,  and 
upon  such  portions  of  the  public  ways,  streets,  or  squares  afore- 
said as  may  be  specified  in  said  permit.  Such  reasonable  con- 
ditions shall  be  attached  to  such  permits  as  the  mayor  may 
deem  proper,  and  in  accord  with  the  circumstances  and  for  the 
occasion  for  which  the  permits  may  respectively  be  granted. 
Between  the  hours  of  eight  o'clock  in  the  morning  and  five 
o'clock  in  the  afternoon,  children  under  the  age  of  fourteen 
years  may  use  velocipedes  on  any  sidewalk  in  any  public  way, 
i  Amended  Dec.  5, 1894, 


CHAP.  45.]  GENERAL  REGULATIONS  FOR  STREETS,  ETC.  189 

street,  or  square  of  this  city.  In  no  part  of  any  public  grounds, 
commons,  enclosures,  and  parks,  now  or  that  hereafter  may 
be  under  the  general  charge  of  the  park  commissioners,  shall 
children  use  a  velocipede  without  the  written  permit  of  the 
park  commissioners. 

SECT.  17.     No  person  in  a  nude  state  shall  swim  or  bathe  in  Also  bathing 
any  of  the  waters  within  or  surrounding  the  city,  so  as  to  be   spectators, 
exposed  to  the  view  of  passengers  or  other  persons  in  any  street 
or  house  within  the  city. 

SECT.  18.     No  person  shall  shake  or  otherwise  clean  a  carpet  Also  cleaning 
in  any  street.  carpet8' 

SECT.  19.     No  person  shall  have  in  his  possession  a  club  or  possession  of 
bludgeon,  on  any  street,  with  intent  to  use  the  same  in  a  sport,   forbidden'. 
sham-fight  or  strife,  or  to  intimidate  any  person  or  horse. 

SECT.  20.     No  person  shall  have  in  his  possession  a  toy-pistol,  Also  toy 

.      . ,  „    pistols,  rubber 

crotch,   rubber   sling,   or  other  device  tor  throwing  missiles  of   slings,  etc  ^ 
any  kind,  with  intent  to  use  the  same  to  the  injury  of  persons 
or  property,  or  to  the  annoyance  or  discomfort  of  any  person, 
upon  any  street. 

SECT.  21.     No  person  shall  behave  himself  in  a  rude  or  dis-  Aiso 
orderly  manner,  or  use  any  indecent,  profane  or  insulting  Ian-  con°ducton 
guage,  in  any  street  or  public  place.  street. 

SECT.   22.     No  person  shall  place  in  any  drinking  fountain,   jro  dirt,  etc., 
trough,  or  basin  of  water,  set  up  or  established  in  any  street  in  lnyedrinkingn 
the  city,  for  the  use  of  man  or  beast,   any  dirt,   stone,   ashes,   fountain» etc- 
rubbish,  offal,  filth  or  any  other  foreign  matter,1  or  unnecessarily 
waste  or  use  the  water  thereof. 

SECT.   23.     No  person  shall  light  or  extinguish,  without  au-  Lighting,  etc., 

,,        .,  i  T     i  •  street  lamps 

thority,  any  public  lamp  111  any  street.  without 

SECT.  24.     No  person  shall,  without  authority  from  the  mayor,  forbidden, 

place  or  carry,  or  cause  to  be  placed  or  carried,  on  a  sidewalk,  a  show-boards, 

show-board,  placard,  or  sign  for  the  purpose  of  there  displaying  carried  on 

, .  , .  ,-•  sidewalk. 

or  attracting  attention  to  the  same. 

SECT.  25.     No  person  shall  drive,  2ride,  wheel,  or  draw  any  vehicles, 
coach,  cart  or  other  carriage,  or  permit  any  horse,  cattle,  swine  pr'ohibitlS  on 
or  sheep,  under  his  care,  to  go  upon  any  sidewalk,  except  for  the  p.  s.  c  53S,'§  15. 
purpose  of  crossing  as  nearly  as  may  be  at  right  angles  to  such 
sidewalk  in  order  to  go  into  or  out  of  some  adjoining  enclosure  ; 
provided,  that  this  section  shall  not  apply  to  children's  carriages 
or  sleds  containing  children  and  drawn  by  hand ;  nor  shall  he 
otherwise  occupy,  obstruct,  injure,  or  encumber  any  such  side- 
walk so  as  to  interfere  with  the  convenient  use  of  the  same  by 
travellers. 

1  Amended  June  29, 1899. 

2  Amended  Sept.  21, 1893. 


190 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  45. 


Obstruction  of 
sidewalks  by 
lumber,  boxes, 
etc. 


Tipping  over 
of  ash-barrels, 
etc.,  forbidden. 


Bridges, 

regulations 

concerning. 


SECT.  26.  No  person  shall  place,  or  cause  to  be  placed,  upon 
any  sidewalk,  any  lumber,  iron,  coal,  trunk,  bale,  box,  crate,  cask, 
package,  article  or  thing  whatsoever,  whether  of  the  same  descrip- 
tion or  not,  so  as  to  obstruct  a  free  passage  for  travellers  for 
more  than  fifteen  minutes. 

No  person  shall  wilfully  and  maliciously  tip  over  and  spill  out 
the  contents  of  any  box  or  barrel  containing  ashes  or  other  house 
dirt  set  upon  the  sidewalk.  No  person  shall  throw  or  place  upon 
any  sidewalk  or  cross-walk  any  banana  skin,  orange  peel  or  other 
slippery  substance. 

Bridges. 

SECT.  27.  No  person  shall  deface  or  injure  any  public  bridge 
or  any  wharf  connected  therewith,  or  unnecessarily  open  the 
draw  of  any  such  bridge,  or  obstruct  the  passage  of  the  same ; 
nor  shall  any  person,  without  the  consent  of  the  draw-tender, 
make  fast  to  any  public  bridge,  or  draw,  or  guard,  or  pier  thereof, 
any  vessel,  scow,  raft,  or  float,  or  remain  inside  of  the  draw- 
gates,  or  on  any  pier,  wharf,  fender,  or  appurtenance  of  such 
draw  while  such  gates  are  closed ;  nor  shall  any  person,  having 
under  his  charge  a  vessel  passing  through  the  draw  of  any  such 
bridge,  refuse  or  neglect  to  comply  with  the  directions  of  a  draw- 
tender  relating  to  such  passing. 


Trees, 
climbing, 
tying  animals 
to,  and  posting 
bills  on, 
forbidden. 


Horses  not 
allowed  on, 
except,  etc. 


Grazing 
animals  not 
allowed  on. 


Turf,  etc.,  not 
to  be  dug,  etc. 


Filth,  dirt,  etc. 
not  to  be 
placed  on. 


C ominous  and  Public  Grounds. 

SECT.  28.  No  person  shall  climb  a  tree  on  any  common  or 
other  public  ground,  nor  tie  a  horse  or  other  animal  to,  nor  post 
a  bill,  nor  place  a  sign  upon  or  around  any  tree  on  any  common 
or  other  public  ground  of  the  city. 

SECT.  29.  No  person,  except  by  permission  of  the  mayor,  shall 
ride,  lead,  or  drive  a  horse,  in  or  upon  the  commons  or  other 
public  grounds,  except  that  on  occasion  of  a  military  exercise, 
parade  or  review,  horses  necssary  for  the  purposes  thereof  may 
be  allowed  upon  any  common,  or  other  public  grounds,  used  for 
such  exercise,  parade  or  review. 

SECT.  30.  No  owner  or  keeper  of  a  horse  or  other  grazing 
animal  shall  suffer  the  same  to  go  at  large  or  feed  upon  any 
common  or  other  public  grounds. 

SECT.  31.  No  person,  except  by  permission  of  the  mayor,  and 
for  some  public  use.  shall  dig  or  carry  away  any  sward,  gravel, 
sand,  turf,  or  earth  from,  nor  carry  or  caused  to  be  carried  upon 
any  common  or  other  public  grounds,  any  carcass,  ordure,  filth, 
dirt,  stones  or  any  offensive  matter  whatever,  or  throw  or  place 
thereon  any  stones,  sand,  gravel,  tan,  earth,  rubbish  or  other 
substance. 


CHAP.  45.]  GENERAL  REGULATIONS  FOR  STREETS,  ETC.  191 

SECT.  32.     No  person  shall  carry  or  cause  to  be  carried  upon  wheel- 
any  common  or  other  public  grounds,  a  wheelbarrow,  handcart, l  S>taitowe1fon. 
or  other  vehicle,  for  the  conveyance  of  burdens,  or  for  pleasure, 
except  children's  carriages. 

SECT.  33.  No  person  shall  shake  or  otherwise  clean  a  carpet  on  cleaning 
any  common  or  other  public  grounds  ;  and  no  person  shall  commit 
a  nuisance  thereon ;  2  and  no  person  other  than  an  employee  of  the 
city  engaged  in  its  work  shall  pick  over  or  otherwise  disturb  any 
refuse  material,  house  dirt,  or  ashes  set  out  in  the  streets  or  side- 
walks for  collection  by  the  city,  or  deposited  by  the  city  on  any 
dumping-place,  except  in  accordance  with  a  permit  from  the 
board  of  health. 

SECT.  34.     No  person,  except  by  permission  of  the  mayor,  shall 
engage  in  a  game  of  ball,  boot-ball,  or  base-ball,  or  other  athletic  except,  etc. 
sports  upon  any  common,  or  other   public  grounds,  except  upon 
such  portions  thereof  as  may  be  set  apart  for  such  purposes. 

SECT.  35.  No  person,  except  by  permission  of  the  mayor,  shall 
deliver  a  sermon,  lecture,  address,  or  discourse  on  any  common  or 
other  public  grounds. 

SECT.  30.     No  person,  except  by  permission  of  the  mayor,  shall   Nor  sales  of 

_.    J  goods,  etc  ,  nor 

expose  tor  sale  or  sell  any  goods,  wares  or  merchandise  on  any    booths,  tents, 
common  or  other  public  grounds,  nor  erect  nor  maintain  a  booth, 
stand,  tent  or  apparatus  of  any  kind,  for  purposes  of  amusement 
or  show  thereon. 

SECT.  37.     No  person  shall  pull  up,  break,  cut  or  deface  any  of  injury  to 

J  seats,  fences, 

the  seats,  fences,  or  railing  upon  or  around  any  common  or  other   etc. .forbidden. 

public  grounds,  nor  deface  any  monument  or  statue  on  any  com- 
mon, nor  interfere  with  any  of  the  hydrants  upon  any  common  or 
other  public  ground. 

SECT.  38.     No  person  shall  walk,  stand,  sit,  or  lie  down  in  or   walking,  etc., 
upon,  or  pull  a  flower  or  plant  out  of  a  flower-bed  on  any  common  forbidden.  e( 
or  other  public  grounds,  nor  suffer  a  dog  or  other  animal  belong- 
ing to  him,  or  in  his  charge,  to  stand  or  walk  upon  such  flower-bed. 

SECT.  39.     No  person  shall  walk,  stand,  or  lie  upon  the  grass  Also  walking, 

,  , .  ,,  .  etc.,  on  grass, 

upon  any  common  or  other  public  grounds  where  such  walking, 

standing  or  lying  has  been  prohibited,  and  notice  of  such  prohibi- 
tion given  to  the  public  by  legible  notices  placed  on  such  common 
or  public  ground. 

SECT.  40.     No  person  shall  -throw  a  stone,  snowball  or  other   Also  throwing 

..  ....  missiles,  etc. 

missile  on  any  common  or  public  grounds. 

SECT.  41.     Whoever  violates   any  provision  of  the    preceding   Penalty, 
sections  of  this  chapter  shall  be  liable  to  a  penalty  of  not  more 
than  twenty  dollars  for  each  offence. 

1  A  mended  Dec.  5,  1894. 

2  Amended  June  30, 1893. 


192 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  45. 


Fishing, 

swimming, 

bathing,  etc., 

forbidden. 

P.  S.  c.  27,  §  18. 


Going  upon 
the  ice,  etc. 
forbidden. 

Skating 
permitted. 


Heavy 
teaming 
forbidden  on 
driveway. 


Also  funeral 
processions. 


Also  fast 
driving. 


Injury  to  trees, 
etc.,  forbidden. 


Also  climbing 
trees,  etc. 


Also  posting 
bills,  etc. 


Penalty. 

P.  S.  c.  27,  §  18. 


Reservoirs  for  Water  Supply, 

SECT.  42.  Fresh  Pond  is  hereby  constituted  a  reservoir,  stor- 
age basin  and  water  supply  for  the  use  of  the  city.  No  person 
shall  fish,  or  swim,  or  bathe,  or  permit  any  animal  under  his  con- 
trol to  swim  or  bathe  in  Fresh  Fond,  or  other  reservoir  of  the 
water-works,  or  enter  into  the  waters  thereof,  or  place  or  use  a 
boat  in  the  same,  or  throw  dirt,  -rubbish,  filth,  offensive  or  other 
foreign  matter,  or  commit  a  nuisance  therein,  or  on  the  land  and 
driveways  of  the  city  connected  therewith  and  appurtenant  there- 
to.1 Provided,  however,  that  the  water  board  may  permit  fishing 
in  Fresh  Pond  Reservoir  between  the  hours  of  four  and  eight 
o'clock  A.  M.,  under  such  rules  and  restrictions  as  it  may  estab- 
lish from  time  to  time,  to  control  the  same. 

SECT.  43.  No  person  shall  go  upon  the  ice  of  Fresh  Pond,  or 
any  other  reservoir  of  the  water-works,  or  place  or  use  a  sled, 
ice-boat,  sleigh  or  vehicle  thereon ;  provided,  that  skating  shall 
be  permitted  during  the  daytime  on  those  parts  of  Fresh  Pond 
where  the  ice  is  of  sufficient  thickness  for  safety,  under  such 
regulations  as  the  water  board  may  prescribe  to  prevent  loss  of  life. 

SECT.  44.  No  person  shall  drive  a  team,  cart,  wagon  or  other 
vehicle,  for  the  conveyance  of  burdens,  upon  the  land  and  drive- 
way connected  with,  and  appurtenant  to,  Fresh  Pond. 

SECT.  45.  No  person  shall  drive  or  conduct  a  funeral,  or  a 
hearse  or  carriage  connected  with  a  funeral,  on  the  driveway  of 
Fresh  Pond. 

SECT.  46.  No  owner  or  other  person  having  for  the  time  being 
the  charge  or  use  of  a  horse  or  other  animal,  shall  drive  or  per- 
mit such  horse  or  other  animal  to  go  at  a  greater  rate  of  speed 
than  eight  miles  an  hour  upon  the  driveway  or  within  the  enclos- 
ure of  Fresh  Pond. 

SECT.  47.  No  person  shall  injure,  deface  or  destroy  any  tree, 
shrub,  grass,  path,  fence,  building  or  wall  on  the  land  and  driveway 
connected  with,  and  appurtenant  to,  Fresh  Pond,  or  other  reser- 
voir of  the  water-works,  or  dig  or  carry  away  the  sward,  gravel, 
rock,  stones,  sand,  turf  or  earth  on  such  land  and  driveway. 

SECT.  48.  No  person  shall  climb  a  tree  on  the  land  connected 
with,  and  appurtenant  to,  Fresh  Pond  or  other  reservoir  of  the 
water-works,  or  tie  a  horse  or  other  animal  to  a  tree  or  fence  on 
such  land. 

SECT.  49.  No  person  shall  post  a  bill,  placard  or  advertise- 
ment within  the  grounds  connected  with  Fresh  Pond  or  other 
reservoir  of  the  water-works. 

SECT.  50.  Whoever  violates  any  provision  of  the  preceding 
eight  sections  of  this  chapter  shall  be  liable  to  a  penalty  of  not 
more  than  fifty  dollars  for  each  offence. 

i  Amended  April  3, 1895. 


CHAP.  46.]  RINGING  OF  BELLS,  ETC.  193 


CHAPTER  46. 

RINGING    OF    BELLS    AND    GONGS    IN    THE    PUBLIC    STREETS. 

SECTION  1.     No  person  in  any  public  street  of  the  city  shall   Ringing  of 
ring  a  bell  or  gong,  between  the  hours  of  ten  o'clock  p.  M.,  and   prohibited,  etc. 
six  o'clock  A.  M.,  except  as  a  warning  of  danger. 

SECT.  2.     Whoever  violates  any  provision  of   this  ordinance  penalty. 
shall  be  liable  to  a  penalty  of  not  more  than  twenty  dollars  for 
each  offence. 

i  Approved  July  28, 1897. 


194 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  47. 


Disposal  of 
litter,  etc., 
in  streets. 


Penalty. 


1  CHAPTER   47. 

DISPOSAL    OF    LITTER  AND  RUBBISH.  IN    STREETS,  COMMONS,    PUBLIC 
PLACES    AND    SQUARES. 

SECTION  1.  Except  as  heretofore  otherwise  provided  by  ordi- 
nance, no  person  shall  deposit,  drop,  place,  put,  sweep  or  throw  into 
or  upon  any  street,  common,  public  place  or  square  in  this  city 
any  ashes,  board,  bottles,  bricks,  card,  cinders,  house  dirt,  iron 
or  steel  filings,  glass,  hand-bill,  hair,  piece  of  hoop,  noxious  or 
refuse  liquor,  manure,  nail,  offal,  waste  paper,  sawdust,  shavings, 
shells  of  any  kind,  shreds,  soot,  stones,  animal  or  vegetable  sub- 
stance, solid  matter  or  substance,  sweepings,  tin  cans,  wood,  or 
filth,  or  rubbish  of  any  kind. 

SECT.  2.  Whoever  violates,  causes,  assists  in  or  procures  the 
violation  of  any  provision  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  punished  by 
a  fine  not  exceeding  twenty  dollars  for  each  offence. 

i  Approved  May  5, 1897. 


CHAP.  48.]  CHILDREN,  ETC.  195 


1  CHAPTER   48. 

CHILDREN    UXDER    SIXTEEX    YEARS    OF    AGE. 

SECTION   1.     No  child  under  sixteen  years  of  age.   shall  be,  Children  under 

,    ..  .  ,     -i  •    i  IT       sixteen  years 

loiter  or  remain  upon  any  street,  highway,  park  or  other  public   of  age  not  to 

way  or  place  in  this  city  after  the  hour  of  half  past  nine  o'clock  e'tc.,  after  r 
in  the  afternoon  of  any  day,  unless  accompanied  by,  or  under  the 
control  or  care  of  a  parent,  guardian  or  other  adult  person,  or 
performing  or  returning  from  employment  or  from  the  perform- 
ance of  some  duty,  directed  in  writing  by  said  parent,  guardian 
or  other  adult  person,  and  no  such  child,  while  performing  such 
duty,  or  returning  from  the  performance  thereof,  or  from  em- 
ployment, shall  loiter  upon  any  such  street,  highway,  park  or 
other  public  way  or  place. 

SECT.  2.     Any  persons  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this   penalty, 
ordinance  shall  be  liable  to  a  penalty  not  exceeding  five  dollars 
for  each  offence. 

i  Approved  July  27,  1898. 


196 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  49. 


Employee, 
injured, to 
petition  city 
council,  etc. 


Petition 
referred  to 
committee  on 
claims. 


City  physician 
and  city 
solicitor  noti- 
fied of  injuries. 


Investigation 
relative  to 
injury. 


Hearing. 


Report  of 
committee. 


Certificate 
from  head  of 
department 
before  pay- 
ment is  made. 


1  CHAPTER  49. 

CONTINUANCE    OF    PAY    OF    CITY    EMPLOYEES. 

SECTION  1.  Every  employee  of  the  city  injured  while  in  the 
performance  of  his  duty  without  fault  011  his  part,  in  order  to 
entitle  him  to  compensation  under  chapter  364  of  the  acts  of 
1894  and  any  and  all  acts  that  may  be  enacted  in  addition  thereof 
and  supplementary  thereto,  shall  petition  the  city  council  upon 
blanks  to  be  prepared  by  the  city  solicitor,  in  which  petition  shall 
be  set  forth  the  time,  place,  and  cause  of  the  injury  and  his  will- 
ingness to  communicate  and  disclose  all  facts  and  circumstances 
relating  and  appertaining  to  said  injury. 

SECT.  2.  Said  petition  shall  be  forthwith  referred  to  the  commit- 
tee on  claims,  who  shall  investigate  and  report  upon  the  same  with 
such  recommendations  as  to  the  length  of  time,  if  any,  for  the 
continuance  of  the  pay  of  the  injured  employee  thereon  as  to  the 
committee  may  seem  proper. 

SECT.  3.  Upon  the  happening  of  any  accident  to  any  employee, 
the  city  physician  and  city  solicitor  shall  be  forthwith  notified  by 
the  department  in  which  the  injured  person  was  then  employed. 

SECT.  4.  After  an  investigation  of  the  facts  relating  to  the 
injury  and  an  examination  from  time  to  time  of  the  injured  person 
by  the  city  physician  as  to  the  extent  of  the  injuries,  all  of  which 
shall  be  under  the  direction  of  the  city  solicitor,  a  report  shall  be 
made  by  the  latter  in  which  shall  be  annexed  a  certificate  of  the 
city  physician  in  a  form  satisfactory  and  as  the  city  solicitor  may 
deem  to  be  in  accordance  with  the  statutes  in  such  cases  now  and 
hereafter  provided. 

SECT.  5.  The  committee  on  claims,  in  addition  to  the  report  of 
the  city  solicitor,  may  hear  such  other  facts  as  they  may  deem 
proper  and  shall  report  thereon  to  the  city  council.  If  the  com- 
mittee is  in  favor  of  the  continuance  of  pay  of  such  employee,  and 
if  their  report  is  adopted  by  the  council  and  approved  by  the 
mayor,  the  amount  so  allowed  shall  be  entered  upon  the  books  of 
and  verified  by  the  department  in  which  the  injured  was  employed 
at  the  time  the  injury  was  sustained. 

SECT.  6.  Upon  a  certificate  of  and  verification  by  the  superin- 
tendent or  head  of  department  in  which  the  injured  was  employed 
that  the  time  allowed  by  the  committee  is  correct,  the  amount  of 
wages  shall  be  forthwith  paid  upon  the  draft  of  the  mayor  upon 

i  Approved  July  2, 1896. 


CHAP.  49.]  CITY  EMPLOYEES.  197 

the  execution  by  the  injured  person  of  a  receipt  and  release  in  full 
of  all  demands  against  the  city  for  any  and  all  injuries  arising 
out  of  or  in  any  way  connected  with  said  injury. 

SECT.  7.     Should  the  disability  continue  beyond  the  time  of  the   Further  pay- 
first  payment  or  thereafterwards  appear,  further  payments  may   SSbiiityU  r 
be  had  and  made  from  time  to  time  upon  other  petitions  of  the 
injured,  after  investigation  and  report  thereupon  by  the  committee 
on  claims,  upon  the  certificate  of  the  city  physician,  the  adoption 
of  the  same  by  the  city  council  and  approval  of  the  mayor,  under 
the  general  forms,  provisions  and  conditions  as  are  hereinbefore 
provided. 


198 


REVISED  ORDINANCES. 


[CHAP.  50. 


City 

appointment 

of. 


Duties. 


1  CHAPTER  50. 

CITY    PHYSICIAN. 

SECTION  1.  The  city  physician  at  the  time  of  his  appointment 
shall  be  a  resident  of  Cambridge,  a  graduate  of  a  legally  incor- 
porated medical  school  and  have  practised  as  such  physician  for 
at  least  five  years  continuously  prior  to  his  appointment. 

SECT.  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  city  physician  to  attend, 
under  the  general  direction  of  the  overseers  of  the  poor,  upon  all 
sick  and  insane  paupers  and  other  patients  under  the  care  of  the 
city  authorities  at  the  almshouse  or  elsewhere  ;  to  vaccinate,  free 
of  charge,  all  persons  sent  to  him  by  the  overseers  of  the  poor, 
and  such  scholars  of  the  public  schools  as  the  school  committee 
shall  direct,  and  all  other  needy  residents  of  the  city  who  may 
apply  to  him ;  to  give  certificates  of  examination  to  such  children 
of  the  public  schools  as  he  shall  have  effectually  vaccinated ;  to 
examine  all  candidates  for  appointment  to  the  police  force  and 
fire  department ;  under  the  direction  of  the  city  solicitor  to 
examine  the  condition  of  all  officers  upon  the  police  force  and 
fire  department  and  all  employees  of  the  city  incapacitated  from 
the  performance  of  their  several  duties  and  all  cases  of  injuries 
upon  the  highway  or  elsewhere  whereby  the  city  may  become 
liable,  and  render  written  report  thereon  to  the  city  solicitor  as 
and  when  required  by  the  latter,  together  with  such  certificates 
as  the  law  and  ordinances  may  require ;  upon  application  to  sign 
the  certificate  of  the  cause  of  death  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge 
and  belief,  if  there  has  been  no  physician  in  attendance ;  at  the 
request  of  the  officers  in  charge  upon  the  police  stations  and 
lockups  to  attend  and  give,  free  of  charge,  the  necessary  medical 
and  surgical  treatment  to  the  prisoners  therein ;  at  the  request  of 
the  city  solicitor  to  render  such  professional  aid  in  court  or  other- 
wise as  the  latter  may  designate,  in  all  suits  and  matters  wherein 
the  city  is  or  may  be  interested ;  in  case  of  an  alarm  of  any  infec- 
tious or  contagious  disease,  or  other  cause  of  nuisance,  to  give  to 
either  branch  of  the  city  council  or  any  committee  thereof  all 
such  professional  advice,  service  and  counsel  as  they  may  require ; 
and  in  general,  to  perform  all  the  duties  and  render  all  the  ser- 
vices now  and  that  hereafter  may  be  incumbent  upon  him  by  the 
laws  of  the  commonwealth  or  the  ordinances  of  the  city  now  or 
that  hereafter  may  be  in  force, 

1  Approved  Oct.  22,  1896, 


CHAP.  50.]  CITF  PHYSICIAN  199 

SECT.  3.     The  city  physician  shall  receive  such  salary  as  the   salary, 
city  council   may   by   ordinance   from  time  to  time  determine, 
which  shall  be  in  full  of  all  services  performed  by  him.     He 
may  expend  to  an  amount  not  exceeding  appropriations  made 
for  that  purpose  such  sums  as  he  may  necessarily  expend  in 
the  administration  of  the  affairs  of  his  office.     He  shall  keep   Account  of 
an  account  of  his  expenditures  and  certify  by  his  signature  upon   exPenditures- 
all  bills  his  approval  of  the  same,  and  the  same  shall  be  audited, 
charged  and  paid  in  the  manner  as  now  provided  by  ordinance 
for  bills  of  executive  boards  and  heads  of  departments. 

SECT.   4.     The    city   physician   may   employ   such   permanent    Employment 

.         .         of  assistants. 

assistant  or  assistants  tor  such  tune  and  compensation  as  the  city 
council  may  from  time  to  time  determine,  and  in  all  cases  he 
shall  be  responsible  for  the  conduct  of  such  assistant  or  assistants. 

SECT.  5.     Annually  in  the  month  of  December  the  city  phy-  Annual  report, 
sician  shall  make  report  to  the  city  council  of  the  professional 
services  rendered   by  him,  with   such   suggestionas  as  he  may 
deem  proper. 


STANDING  REGULATIONS 


OF   THE 


BOARD  OF  ALDERMEN 


203 


REGULATIONS  OF  THE  BOARD  OF 
ALDERMEN. 


STREET    RAILWAYS. 

SECTION  1.  No  person  having  control  of  the  speed  of  a  street 
railway  car  shall  allow  the  same  to  go  in  any  street  at  a  rate  of 
speed  greater  than  eight  miles  an  hour,  except  that  on l  Massachu- 
setts avenue,  north  of  Harvard  square,  Garden  street,  Concord 
avenue,  Huron  avenue,  Mt.  Auburn  street,  west  of  Brattle  street, 
and  on  Massachusetts  avenue,  southeast  of  Lafayette  square,  the 
rate  of  speed  shall  not  be  greater  than  twelve  miles  an  hour,  nor 
shall  he  allow  such  car  while  passing  over  a  switch  or  a  turn 
out,  or  in  turning  a  corner  to  go  faster  than  four  miles  an  hour. 

SECT.  2.  No  driver,  conductor  or  other  person  having  the  care 
and  ordering  of  a  street  railway  car  shall  allow  such  car  to  stop 
on  a  cross-walk  nor  in  front  of  an  intersecting  street,  except  to 
avoid  collisions  or  to  prevent  danger  to  persons  in  the  street. 

SECT.  3.  When  the  driver,  conductor  or  other  person  having 
the  care  and  ordering  of  a  street  railway  car  is  required  to  stop 
his  car  at  the  intersection  of  two  streets  to  receive  or  land  pas- 
sengers, the  car  shall  be  stopped  so  as  to  leave  the  rear  platform 
of  the  car  or  train  slightly  over  the  farther  crossing. 

SECT.  4.  Except  to  prevent  accident  or  injury,  no  street  car, 
or  any  horse  or  horses  attached  thereto,  shall  be  run  or  placed  in 
the  public  streets  within  twenty-five  feet  of  another  street  car  in 
front  thereof. 

SECT.  5.  There  shall  be  two  men  in  charge  of  each  car  at  all 
times  when  the  cars  are  in  use. 

INTELLIGENCE    OFFICES. 

SECTION  1.     The  chief  of  police  shall  have  the  general  super-  intelligence 
vision  of  all  matters  pertaining  to  the  licensing,  regulating  and   c 
restraining   of   intelligence  offices.     He  shall   keep  a   book,  in 
which  he  shall  register,  alphabetically,  the  names  of  all  persons 
licensed  to  keep  intelligence  or  employment  offices,  together  with 
the  name  and  number  of  the  street  and  the  portion  of  the  build- 
ing which  they   occupy.     And   he   shall   see  that    each    person 
licensed  is  furnished  with  a  copy  of  the  statutes  and  the  rules 
and  regulations  of  the  board  of  aldermen,  relating  to  the  estab- 

i  Amended  March  20, 1895. 


204  REVISED  ORDINANCES. 

lishment  and  keeping  of  intelligence  offices.  He  shall  see  that 
all  persons  licensed  to  keep  the  requisite  books,  and  in  all  things 
conform  to  the  requirements  of  the  statutes  and  the  rules  and 
regulations.  He  shall  be  entitled  to  inspect,  at  any  time,  the 
books  kept  at  licensed  places  as  required  by  the  rules  of  the  board. 

SECT.  2.  All  persons  making  applications  for  license  to  keep 
intelligence  offices  shall  state  in  their  petitions  the  place  which 
they  propose  to  occupy ;  and  no  person  licensed  shall  occupy  any 
other  place  without  leave  first  obtained  of  the  board  of  aldermen. 

SECT.  3.  All  persons  licensed  as  aforesaid  shall  place  in  some 
conspicuous  place  on  the  premises  occupied  by  them,  a  sign,  with 
their  names  and  the  word  "  licensed  "  thereon ;  and  shall  produce 
their  license  on  the  demand  of  any  person  doing  business  with 
them. 

SECT.  4.  They  shall  keep  a  book,  in  which  shall  be  entered, 
at  the  time  of  application,  the  name  and  residence  of  any  person 
who  may  apply  for  employment,  and  the  name  and  residence  of 
any  person  who  may  make  application  to  be  supplied  with  male 
or  female  domestics,  servants,  clerks  or  other  laborers,  and  also 
any  and  all  sums  of  money  which  may  be  received  of  any  person 
for  such  services ;  and  such  books  shall  at  all  times  be  open  to 
the  inspection  of  the  board  of  aldermen,  or  any  person  by  them 
authorized. 

SECT.  5.  Intelligence  offices  may  be  kept  open  for  business 
between  the  hours  of  seven  A.  M.  and  eight  P.  M.,  Sundays  ex- 
cepted,  and  at  no-  other  hours. 

SECT.  6.  Every  licensed  keeper  of  an  intelligence  office  shall 
be  entitled  to  receive  of  each  female,  at  the  time  of  application 
for  a  place,  a  sum  not  exceeding  fifty  cents ;  and  of  each  male 
who  shall  make  such  application  a  sum  not  exceeding  one  dol- 
lar ;  and  of  each  person  making  application  for  female  servants 
a  sum  not  exceeding  fifty  cents ;  and  for  a  male  servant  a  sum 
not  exceeding  one  dollar,  for  which  a  receipt  shall  be  given  at 
the  time ;  and  in  case  no  servant  or  place  of  employment  is 
obtained  within  six  days  from  the  date  of  payment,  the  money 
shall  be  refunded,  except  as  follows :  If  either  male  or  female 
shall  be  sent  to  a  situation,  and  make  an  engagement,  and  go  to 
work,  and  for  any  reason  shall  not  remain  at  the  place,  neither 
party  shall  be  entitled  to  have  the  pay  returned. 

SECT.  7.  Any  person  licensed  to  keep  an  intelligence  office, 
who  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  the  preceding  sections, 
or  any  other  rules  and  regulations  that  may  be  hereafter  passed 
by  the  board  of  aldermen,  shall  be  liable  to  have  his  license 
revoked ;  and  any  license  may  at  any  time  be  revoked  for  causes 
other  than  those  specified. 


MOVING  BUILDINGS.  20/5 

MOVING    BUILDINGS. 

No  license  for  the  removal  of  any  building  through  any  pub-  Moving 
lie  street,  square  or  place  shall  be  authorized  until  certificates 
have  been  presented  to  the  board  of  aldermen  from  the  superin- 
tendent of  streets  certifying  the  general  conditions  with  regard 
to  the  streets,  squares  or  places  through  which  it  is  proposed  to 
remove  the  bulling,  from  the  inspector  of  buildings  as  to  the 
safety  of  the  structure  to  be  moved, l  - z  from  the  superintendent 
of  parks  of  general  conditions  with  reference  to  trees  and  the 
possibility  of  injury  thereto,  from  the  inspector  of  wires  as  to  the 
conditions  respecting  electric  wires  on  said  route,  1  and,  whenever 
it  is  proposed  to  move  any  building  over  and  across  any  bridge 
which  may  be  under  the  care  of  the  commissioners  of  bridges, 
from  the  commissioner  on  the  part  of  Cambridge,  certifying  the 
general  condition  of  said  bridge,  and  when  the  granting  of  such 
license  is  authorized  it  shall  be  upon  the  following  conditions,  viz. : 

First.  —  Each  and  every  chimney  on  said  building  shall  be 
taken  down  even  with  the  roof  before  the  building  is  started. 

Second.  —  The  licensee  shall  give  the  chief  engineer  of  the  fire 
department  and  the  inspector  of  wires  notice  of  such  removal,  at 
least  twenty-four  hours  before  the  building  shall  be  placed  in  the 
street. 

Third.  —  The  licensee  shall  file  with  the  superintendent  of 
streets,  before  the  building  is  placed  in  the  street,  a  bond,  the 
amount  of  which  shall  be  satisfactory  to  the  mayor,  with  sufficient 
surety  to  imdemnify  the  city  from  all  loss  and  damage  by  reason 
of  such  removal. 

Fourth.  —  The  licensee  shall  reimburse  the  city  for  any  ex- 
penses incurred  by  it  by  reason  of  labor  by  any  department  of 
the  city  in  cutting  and  replacing  wires,  trimming  trees,  or  in  any 
other  way,  by  reason  of  said  removal,8  and  before  receiving  a 
license  the  licensee  shall  deposit  with  the  superintendent  of 
streets,  the  sum  of  twenty-five  dollars,  which  sum  shall  be  re- 
turned to  the  licensee  when  he  has  reimbursed  the  city  for  such 
expenses. 

The  above  conditions  shall  be  printed  upon  and  become  a  part 
of  each  and  every  license  issued. 

4  MINORS'  LICENSES. 

SECTION  1.     No  minor   shall  sell  or  offer  for  sale  upon  the  Minors' 
streets  of  this  city  any  article  named  in  said  section  1,  chapter  68, 
public  statutes,  unless  licensed  so  to  do  in  accordance  with  the 
provisions  of  this  order. 

1  Amended  Sept.  10, 1898. 

2  Amended  March  24, 1898. 

3  Amended  April  23, 1895. 

4  Amended  Jan.  28, 1897. 


206  REVISED  ORDINANCES. 

SECT.  2.  The  licenses  herein  provided  for  shall  be  granted  by 
the  chief  of  police  on  application  to  him,  to  minors  residing  in  the 
City  of  Cambridge.  He  shall  keep  a  record  of  the  name,  age  and 
residence  of  every  person  so  licensed.  No  license  shall  be  granted 
to  a  minor  except  upon  application  of  his  parent,  guardian  or  next 
friend.  The  chief  of  police  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  the  sum 
of  eighty-five  cents  for  issuing  a  license  required  by  these  rules 
and  regulations,  and  shall  furnish  the  licensee  with  a  badge  in 
conformity  with  the  requirements  of  section  6  of  this  order.  Said 
licensee  may  return  such  badge  at  any  time  upon  the  expiration 
or  surrender  of  his  license,  and  the  person  returning  the  badge 
shall  be  entitled  to  receive  the  sum  of  sixty  cents  therefor,  pro- 
vided such  badge  is  in  a  reasonably  good  condition. 

SECT.  3.  No  license  shall  be  granted  to  any  minor  under  the 
age  of  ten  years,  and  every  minor  under  the  age  of  fifteen  years 
so  licensed  shall  each  (school)  day  during  the  school  year  attend 
some  school  approved  by  the  school  committee. 

SECT.  4.  No  sale  of  such  articles  shall  be  made  by  any  minor 
under  the  age  of  fifteen  years,  between  fifteen  minutes  before  the 
opening  and  fifteen  minutes  after  the  closing  of  the  school  on  any 
day  in  which  said  school  which  he  .is  obliged  to  attend  may  be  in 
session;  nor  shall  the  licensee  offer  such  articles  for  sale  on 
Sundays  within  two  hundred  feet  of  any  place  of  worship. 

SECT.  5.  No  license  shall  be  granted  to  any  minor  who  has  at 
the  time  of  his  application  permission  to  sell  newspapers  or 
periodicals  on  the  street  railway  cars  in  this  city,  and  the  subse- 
quent obtaining  of  this  permission  shall  be  a  revocation  of  the 
license  granted  under  the  provisions  of  this  order. 

SECT.  6.  While  engaged  in  sale  of  any  of  the  articles  named 
in  section  1,  chapter  68,  public  statutes,  every  person  so  licensed 
shall  wear  in  plain  sight  a  badge  with  the  words  "Cambridge 
License,"  and  the  number  thereon,  and  shall  upon  request  of  any 
city  officer  exhibit  his  license  for  inspection.  No  more  than  two 
licensees,  and  none  other,  shall  be  with,  or  accompany,  or  trade 
from  any  vehicle  used  in  carrying  or  holding  such  article  or 
products,  and  they  shall  at  all  times  deport  themselves  in  a 
respectful,  orderly  and  quiet  manner,  and  shall  observe  and  follow 
any  further  orders  or  directions  that  may  be  given  them  by  the 
board  of  aldermen,  or  any  member  of  the  police  department, 
acting  by  the  direction  of  that  board. 

SECT.  7.  All  such  licenses  shall  expire  on  the  31st  day  of 
December  in  each  year,  and  any  of  them  may  be  suspended  or 
revoked  by  the  chief  of  police.  Cruel  treatment  of  animals, 
racing,  or  driving  through  the  streets  faster  than  allowed  by  law, 
profanity,  impudent,  indecent  or  violent  language,  or  intemper- 
ance, one  or  all  will  be  cause  for  revocation  of  the  licenses. 


USE  OF  STREETS  BY  VEHICLES.  207 


OF    STREETS    BY    VEHICLES. 

SECTION  1.  Every  vehicle,  except  street  cars,  bicycles  and 
tricycles,  which  shall  be  used  within  the  city  of  Cambridge  for 
the  conveyance  of  persons  or  goods  of  any  description  for  hire 
from  place  to  place  within  the  city,  before  being  so  used,  shall 
be  licensed  by  the  board  of  aldermen,  and  every  vehicle  so  used 
for  the  conveyance  of  goods  shall  have  placed  upon  the  outside 
and  upon  each  side  of  the  same  the  name  of  the  owner  and  the 
number  of  the  license  in  plain,  legible  letters  and  figures,  of  not 
less  than  one  and  one-half  inches  in  size,  and  so  that  the  same 
may  be  distinctly  seen. 

SECT.  2.  Upon  each  side  of  each  hackney  carriage  so  licensed 
there  shall  be  fitted  a  lamp,  which  lamp  shall  always  be  kept 
lighted  at  night  when  the  carriage  is  in  use  or  waiting  for 
passengers,  and  upon  the  glass  covering  of  each  of  said  lamps 
there  shall  be  painted  in  black  the  number  of  the  license  in 
Arabic  characters  not  less  than  one  inch  in  size,  and  such 
numbers  shall  be  preceded  by  the  letter  C,  not  less  than  one 
inch  in  size. 

SECT.  3.  Every  hackney  carriage  shall  carry  its  license  so 
that  it  shall  be  accessible  to  passengers. 

SECT.  4.  No  person  shall  set  up  and  use  or  have  charge  of 
any  hackney  carriage  which  shall  be  used  within  the  city 
of  Cambridge  for  the  conveyance  of  persons  for  hire  from 
place  to  place  within  the  city  unless  he  is  licensed  thereto  by 
the  board  of  aldermen,  nor  unless  the  carriage  is  licensed, 
marked  and  numbered  as  provided  in  sections  one  and  two, 
and  carries  its  license  as  provided  in  section  three. 

SECT.  5.  No  person  having  charge  of  a  hackney  carriage  shall 
solicit  passengers,  except  by  a  motion  of  the  hand,  unless  he  is 
on  or  within  ten  feet  of  such  vehicle. 

SECT.  6.  No  person  having  charge  of  a  hackney  carriage  shall 
solicit  passengers  in  any  public  way  or  place  within  the  city, 
unless  he  is  licensed  by  the  board  of  aldermen. 

SECT.  7.  The  board  of  aldermen  reserves  the  right  to  revoke 
any  license  at  its  discretion.  If  any  person  other  than  the  owner 
or  lessee  shall  take  out  a  license  for  any  such  vehicle,  he  shall 
be  liable  to  have  his  license  revoked,  and  if  any  licensee  shall 
cease  to  be  an  owner  or  lessee,  he  shall  immediately  surrender 
his  license  to  the  board  of  aldermen. 

SECT.  8.  The  city  clerk  shall  receive  for  the  use  of  the  city 
the  fee  of  one  dollar  for  every  license  so  granted  and  for  every 
license  granted  for  a  wagon  stand,  and  shall  keep  a  record  of  the 
same  and  of  all  licenses  granted. 

i  Amended  May  5,  1898. 


208  REVISED  ORDINANCES. 

SECT.  9.  Each  license  so  granted  shall  expire  on  the  first  day  of 
May  next,  after  the  date  thereof,  and  no  license  shall  be  sold,  as- 
signed or  transferred  without  the  consent  of  the  board  of  aldermen. 

SECT.  10.  No  vehicle  shall  be  set  up  in  front  of  any  premises 
without  the  written  consent  of  the  owner  or  the  agent  of  the 
owner,  and  the  occupant  of  said  premises. 

SECT.  11.  The  person  in  whose  name  the  license  is  taken  out 
for  any  such  vehicle  shall  for  all  the  purposes  of  this  rule  be 
considered  as  the  owner  of  the  same,  and  liable  to  all  the  for- 
feitures and  penalties  herein  contained,  unless,  upon  the  sale  of 
such  vehicle,  written  notice  be  given  to  the  city  clerk  and  the 
license  returned  to  him  forthwith. 

SECT.  12.  No  owner,  driver  or  other  person  having  charge  of 
any  such  vehicle  shall  suffer  the  same  when  attached  to  a  horse 
to  stop  in  a  street  without  some  proper  person  to  take  care  of 
the  same  unless  said  horse  is  properly  and  securely  fastened; 
but  no  person  shall  be  deemed  to  have  violated  this  provision 
who  is  a  physician  visiting  the  sick  or  who  is  delivering  goods, 
or  taking  orders  at  any  house,  store,  building  or  tenement. 

SECT.  13.  Each  person  who  uses  or  sets  up  a  vehicle  from 
which  fruit  or  other  merchandise  is  sold,  shall  keep  the  space 
at  and  around  his  stand  free  and  clear  from  all  rubbish,  filth  and 
deposits  of  every  name  and  nature  coming  from  or  in  any  way 
related  to  his  business  and  in  a  manner  satisfactory  to  the  super- 
intendent of  streets. 

SECT.  14.  No  person  having  charge  of  any  hackney  carriage 
shall  receive  or  permit  to  be  placed  therein,  or  convey  in  or  upon 
the  same  any  person  sick  with  any  contagious  disease,  or  the 
body  of  any  person  deceased  from  such  disease. 

SECT.  15.  Every  vehicle  used,  or  to  be  used,  for  the  convey- 
ance of  persons,  except  electric  cars,  bicycles  and  tricycles  shall 
be  deemed  a  hackney  carriage  within  the  meaning  of  the  pre- 
ceding sections. 

SECT.  16.  Whoever  violates  any  of  the  aforesaid  provisions 
contained  in  these  rules  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding 
twenty  dollars  for  each  offence. 

1  BILLIARD    AND    OTHER,    AMUSEMENT    LICENSES. 

All  licenses  granted  for  keeping  billiard,  pool  and  sippio 
tables,  and  bowling  alleys,  shall  be  subject  to  the  condition 
that  the  licensed  premises  may  be  kept  open  only  between  the 
hours  of  seven  o'clock  A.  M.  and  twelve  o'clock  p.  M.,  Sundays 
excepted,  and  at  no  other  hours. 

Provided,  that  on  Saturdays  such  licensed  premises  shall  be 
closed  at  eleven  and  a  half  o'clock  p.  M. 

i  Amended  April  27,  1898. 


PAWNBROKERS,  DEALERS  IN   JUNK,  ETC.  209 

PAWNBROKERS,  DEALERS  IN    JUNK,  OLD  METALS  AND  SECOND-HAND 

ARTICLES. 

KULE  1.  No  person,  corporation,  member  of  a  co-partnership, 
or  firm  shall,  in  this  city,  engage  in  or  carry  on  the  business  of 
loaning  money  upon  mortgages,  deposits  or  pledges  of  wearing 
apparel,  jewelry,  ornaments,  household  furniture  or  other  per- 
sonal property  (excepting,  however,  stocks,  bonds,  notes  or  other 
written  or  printed  evidence  of  ownership  of  property  or  of  in- 
debtedness to  the  holder  or  owner  of  any  such  securities)  or  of 
purchasing  such  property  on  condition  of  selling  the  same  back 
again  at  a  stipulated  price,  unless  such  person,  corporation,  co- 
partnership or  firm  is  licensed  therefor  by  the  board  of  aldermen 
of  this  city  as  pawnbroker,  and  unless  such  person,  corporation, 
co-partnership  or  firm  complies  with  all  lawful  rules,  regulations 
and  laws  now  and  hereafter  adopted,  passed  and  enacted  in  refer- 
ence and  applicable  to  pawnbrokers. 

KULE  2.  No  person,  corporation,  co-partnership  or  firm 
licensed  as  a  pawnbroker  in  this  city  shall  therein  make  any 
loan  secured  by  mortgage  or  pledge  of  household  furniture  or 
any  other  personal  property  exempt  from  attachment  or  by  as- 
signment of  wages  for  personal  service,  for  less  than  two  hun- 
dred dollars,  and  at  a  rate  of  interest  greater  than  twelve  per 
cent,  without  first  having  obtained  a  license  from  the  board  of 
aldermen  of  this  city  for  carrying  on  such  business. 

RULE  3.  Each  license  issued  to  a  pawnbroker  shall  set  forth 
the  name  of  the  party  licensed,  the  nature  of  the  business,  and 
the  building  or  place  in  which  it  is  to  be  carried  on ;  and  shall 
continue  in  force  one  year  from  the  date  thereof,  unless  sooner 
revoked.  The  place  of  business  shall  not  be  changed  during  the 
continuance  of  the  license  except  special  consent  of  the  board  of 
aldermen  to  removal  is  obtained.  The  fee  for  such  license  shall 
be  fifty  dollars. 

No  such  license  shall  be  transferable. 

E-ULE  4.  No  pawnbroker  shall  charge  upon  loans  made  by 
them  a  greater  rate  of  interest  than  as  follows,  to  wit :  — 

On  the  sum  of  $  1.00  or  less,  first  week,1  5  cents ;  each  week 
after,  2  cents. 

On  a  sum  of  $1.00  to  $ 3.00,  first  week,1  4  per  cent ;  each  week 
after,1  2  per  cent. 

On  a  sum  of  $3.00  to  $10.00,  first  week,1  3  per  cent ;  each 
week  after,1  2  per  cent. 

On  a  sum  of  $10.00  to  $25.00,  first  week,1  2*  per  cent;  each 
week  after,1  2  per  cent. 

i  Amended  July  8,  1899. 


210  REVISED  ORDINANCES. 

On  a  sum  of  $25.00  to  $50.00,  first  week,1  2  per  cent;  each 
week  after,1  1  per  cent. 

On  a  sum  of  $50.00  to  $100.00,  first  week,  f  per  cent ;  each 
week  after,  ^  per  cent. 

On  a  sum  of  $100.00  to  $200.00,  first  week,  £  per  cent;  each 
week  after,  i  per  cent. 

KULE  5.  Every  pawnbroker  shall  keep  at  his  place  of  busi- 
ness a  book  in  which  shall  be  legibly  written  in  the  English 
language  at  the  time  of  making  every  such  loan  a  minute  and 
accurate  account  and  description  of  the  goods,  articles  or  things 
pawned  or  pledged,  particularly  mentioning  any  prominent  or 
descriptive  marks  on  the  same,  the  amount  of  money  loaned 
thereon,  the  day  and  hour  of  pledging  the  same,  the  rate  of 
interest  to  be  paid  on  such  loan,  with  the  name,  age  and  resi- 
dence, giving  street  and  number  when  possible,  of  the  person 
pawning  or  pledging  such  goods,  articles  or  things.  No  entry 
in  said  book  shall  be  changed,  erased,  obliterated  or  defaced. 

RULE  6.  Every  such  pawnbroker  shall  at  the  time  of  making 
such  loan  deliver  to  the  person  pawning  or  pledging  any  goods, 
article  or  thing,  a  memorandum  or  note  numbered  and  signed  by 
him,  in  a  form  satisfactory  to  the  chief  of  police,  containing  the 
substance  of  the  entry  required  to  be  made  in  his  book  by  the 
preceding  rule,  and  no  charge  shall  be  made  or  required  by 
any  pawnbroker  for  any  such  entry,  memorandum  or  note. 

KULE  7.  Said  book  mentioned  in  rule  5  and  the  premises  at 
which  the  business  is  carried  on,  all  things  pawned  or  pledged 
and  stored  therein,  shall  at  all  reasonable  times  be  opened  to  the 
full  inspection  of  the  mayor,  chief,  deputy  chief,  captains,  chief 
inspector  of  police,  any  member  of  the  district  police,  or  any 
person  who  shall  be  duly  authorized  in  writing  for  that  purpose 
by  any  or  either  of  them,  upon  exhibiting  such  written  authority 
to  the  pawnbroker. 

KULE  8.  Every  such  pawnbroker  shall  each  day,  before  twelve 
o'clock  M.,  cause  to  be  made  out  and  delivered  to  the  police  cap- 
tain of  the  district  in  which  his  business  is  conducted,  a  substan- 
tial copy  of  the  entry  required  to  be  made  in  his  book  during 
the  preceding  twenty-four  hours,  and  the  number  of  the  note  or 
memorandum  given  by  him. 

KULE  9.  Every  such  pawnbroker  shall  post  in  his  office  or  in 
some  conspicuous  way  at  his  place  of  business  a  printed  copy  of 
chapter  497  of  the  acts  of  1895,  and  sections  seven,  eight,  ten, 
eleven  and  twelve  of  chapter  192,  of  all  acts  since  passed  and 
as  they  may  hereafter  be  passed  in  amendment,  supplementary 
or  in  repeal  of  the  chapter  and  several  sections  just  enumerated. 

i  Amended  July  8,  1899. 


CONCERNING  SMALL  LOANS.  211 

EULE  10.  No  such  pawnbroker  shall  directly  or  indirectly 
receive  any  article  in  pawn  or  pledge  of  any  minor,  knowing,  or 
having  reasonable  cause  to  believe  him  to  be  such,  without  the 
consent  in  writing  of  the  parent  or  guardian  of  such  minor. 

KULE  11.  A  violation  of  any  of  these  rules  or  of  any  subse- 
quent rules  that  may  be  adopted  in  the  premises  shall  of  itself 
be  sufficient  cause  and  reason  to  revoke  any  such  license.  The 
board  of  aldermen  reserves  the  right  at  any  time  for  any  other 
cause  sufficient  to  them  to  revoke  any  license  issued  to  any  such 
pawnbroker. 

RULE  12.  Every  such  pawnbroker  shall  at  the  time  of  receiv- 
ing his  license  file  with  the  city  clerk  a  bond  to  the  city  with 
two  responsible  sureties,  to  be  approved  by  the  mayor  in  the 
penal  sum  of  three  hundred  dollars,  which  bond  shall  be  condi- 
tioned for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  duties  and  obligations 
pertaining  to  the  business  so  licensed. 

CONCERNING    SMALL    LOANS. 

1.  The   board  of  aldermen,  upon  petition  in  form  by  them 
prescribed,  will  license  such  persons  as  to  them  may  seem  suit, 
able  to  make  loans  secured  by  mortgage  or  pledge  of  household 
furniture  or  other  personal  property  exempt  from  attachment,  or 
by  assignment  of  wages  for  personal  service,  for  less  than  two 
hundred  dollars,  and  at  a  rate  of  interest  greater  than  12  per 
cent,  pursuant  to  and  subject  to  the  provisions  of   chapter  577 
of  the  acts  of  the  legislature  of  Massachusetts  of  the  year  1898. 

All  such  licenses  shall  continue  in  force  for  one  year  from  the 
date  thereof. 

2.  Applications  for  such  licenses  shall  be  made  at  least  one 
month  before  the  same  are  to  be  issued,  and  shall  be  published 
at  the  expense  of  the  applicant  to  be  paid  in  advance,  by  the 
board  of  aldermen,  in  two  or  more  daily  newspapers  published  in 
the  city  of  Cambridge.     Applications  for  such  licenses  shall  be 
examined  into  and  reported  on  by  the  chief  of  police.     A  fee  of 
twenty  dollars  shall  be  paid  for  each  such  license  at  the  time  the 
same  is  issued.     . 

3.  Interest  may  be  charged  by  persons  licensed  under  this 
rule  as  follows :    On  loans  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars,  at  the  rate 
of  24  per  centum  per  annum ;   on  loans  of  over  fifty  dollars,  at 
the  rate  of  18  per  centum  per  annum. 

4.  .  All  persons  licensed  under  this  rule  shall  make  a  report  to 
the  said  board  in  writing,  of  every  suit  brought  upon  any  bond 
given  by   such  licensee  pursuant  to  the   provisions  of   statute 
1898,  chapter  577,  not  later  than  ten  days  from  the  entry  of  the 
writ  or  other  process  by  which  such  suit  was  commenced,  which 


212  REVISED  ORDINANCES. 

statement  shall  set  forth  the  ad  damnum  of  the  writ  and  the 
names  and  residences  of  the  parties  to  such  suit,  the  court  in 
which  it  was  brought  and  the  docket  number  thereof,  if  any. 
And  when  any  such  suit  is  finally  disposed  of,  either  by  judg- 
ment or  decree,  or  by  order  of  the  court,  or  by  settlement,  such 
licensee  shall,  within  twenty-four  hours  thereof,  give  notice  to 
said  board,  in  writing,  setting  forth  the  result  of  such  suit  or 
settlement,  and  the  amount  and  terms  of  such  judgment,  order  or 
decree,  and  the  terms  of  such  settlement,  and  the  amount  or 
other  consideration  given  or  promised  therefor. 

5.  All  persons  licensed  under  this  rule  shall  keep  at  their 
places  of  business  a  book  in  which  shall  be  legibly  written  in  the 
English  language,  at  the  time  of  making  every  such  loan,  a  min- 
ute and  accurate  account  and  description  of  the  goods,  articles 
and  things  pawned  or  pledged  (particularly  mentioning  promi- 
nent or  descriptive  marks  on  the  same)  or  specifying  the  wages 
assigned,  the  amount  of  money  loaned  thereon,  the  day  and  hour 
when  the  mortgage  or  assignment  was  made,  the  date  on  which 
the  debt  is  to  become  due,  the  rate  of  interest  to  be  paid  thereon, 
calculated   at   an  annual  rate  of  percentage,  together  with  the 
name,  age,  residence,  giving  street  and  number,  when  possible,  of 
the  person  pawning  or  pledging  such  goods,  articles  or  things,  or 
assigning  such  wages. 

Every  licensee  shall  enter  in  such  book  at  the  time  of  each 
payment  by  the  borrower,  the  date  of  such  payment,  the  amount 
then  paid,  a  statement  whether  it  is  interest  or  a  payment  on  ac- 
count of  principal,  a  statement  of  the  total  amount,  both  prin- 
cipal and  interest,  previously  paid  on  such  loan,  and  a  statement 
of  the  amount  still  due  on  the  principal  after  such  payment. 

There  shall  be  a  separate  page  or  a  separate  portion  of  a  page 
in  such  book  for  each  loan,  numbered  consecutively,  in  which 
shall  be  entered  all  the  entries  and  transactions  relating  to  such 
loan  and  the  number  on  such  page  or  portion  of  a  page  shall 
correspond  with  the  number  on  the  memorandum  or  note  to  be 
furnished  to  the  borrower  as  hereinafter  specified.  No  entry  in 
said  book  shall  be  changed,  erased,  obliterated  or  defaced. 

6.  Every  such  licensee  shall  at  the  time  of  making  such  loan 
deliver  to  the  person  pawning  or  pledging  any  goods,  article  or 
thing,  a  memorandum  or  note  numbered  and  signed  by  him,  in  a 
form  satisfactory  to  the  chief  of  police,  containing  the  substance 
of  the  entry  required  to  be  made  in  his  book  by  the  preceding 
rule,   and  no  charge   shall   be   made  or   required  by   any   such 
licensee  for  any  such  entry,  memorandum  or  note. 

Whenever  any  payment  is  made  on  account  of  any  such  loan 
the  person  receiving  the  payment,  or  his  principal,  shall,  when 


CONCERNING  SMALL  LOANS.  213 

payment  is  taken,  endorse  on  the  back  of  such  memorandum  or 
note  the  date  of  such  payment,  the  amount  then  paid,  a  state- 
ment whether  it  is  interest  or  a  payment  on  account  of  principal, 
a  statement  of  the  total  amount,  both  principal  and  interest  pre- 
viously paid  on  such  loan,  and  a  statement  of  the  amount  still 
due  on  the  principal  after  such  payment.  And  the  person  re- 
ceiving such  payment,  or  his  principal,  shall  sign  such  endorse- 
ment. If  such  memorandum  or  note  is  lost  or  destroyed,  the 
lender  shall  furnish  the  borrower,  on  demand,  a  duplicate  of  the 
same  free  of  charge,  setting  forth  all  the  endorsements  that  were 
or  ought  to  have  been  upon  the  original  or  upon  any  duplicate 
thereof,  at  the  time  of  its  loss. 

7.  Said  book   mentioned  in  rule  5  and  the  premises  at  which 
the  business  is   carried  on,  all  things  pawned  or  pledged  and 
stored  therein,  shall  at  all  reasonable  times  be  open  to  the  full 
inspection  of  the  mayor,  chief,  deputy  chief,  captains,  chief  in- 
spector of  police,  any  member  of  the  district  police  or  any  per- 
son who  shall  be  duly  authorized,  in  writing,  for  that  purpose  by 
any  or  either  of  them,  upon  exhibiting  such  written  authority  to 
the  licensee. 

8.  Every  such  licensee  shall  each  day,  before  twelve  o'clock 
M.,  cause  to  be  made  out  and  delivered  to  the  police  captain  of  the 
district  in  which  his  business  is  conducted,  a  substantial  copy 
of  the  entry  required  to  be  made  in  his  book  during  the  preceding 
twenty-four  hours  and  the  number  of  the  note  or  memorandum 
given  by  him. 

The  information  so  received  by  the  chief  of  police  shall  not  be 
divulged  by  him  except  when  he  is  required  so  to  do  by  law  or 
by  order  of  the  board  of  aldermen. 

9.  No  such  licensee  shall  directly  or  indirectly  receive  any 
article  in  pawn  or  pledge  of  any  minor,  knowing  or  having  reason- 
able cause  to  believe  him  to  be  such,  without  the  consent  in  writ- 
ing of  the  parent  or  guardian  of  such  minor. 

10.  A  violation  of  any  of  these  rules  or  of  any  subsequent 
rules  that  may  be  adopted  in  the  premises,  shall  of  itself  be  suf- 
ficient cause  and  reason  to  revoke  any  such  license.     The  board 
of  aldermen  reserves  the  right  at  any  time  for  any  other  cause 
sufficient   to   them,  to   revoke  any  license  issued  to  any   such 
licensee. 

11.  Every  such  licensee  shall,  at  the  time  of  receiving  his 
license,  file  with  the  city  clerk  a  bond  to  the  city  with  two  respon- 
sible sureties,  to  be  approved  by  the  mayor,  in  the  penal  sum  of 
two  hundred  dollars,  which  bond  shall  be  conditioned  for  the 
faithful  performance  of  the  duties  and  obligations  pertaining  to 
the  business  so  licensed. 


214  REVISED  ORDINANCES. 

SALARIES    OF    CERTAIN    OFFICERS. 

ceitainSc?tf  ^ie  sa^ai'ies  °^  officers  which  are  fixed  by  the  board  of  alder- 

officers,  men  are  hereby  fixed  and  established  as  follows,  to  wit : — 

Superintendent  of  sewers        .          .          .  $1700  00  per  year 

Soldiers'  aid  clerk           .         .         .         .  900  00  per  year 

Chief -of  police                 .         .         .         .  7  2000  00  per  year 

deputy  chief  of  police           .         .         .  1500  00  per  year 

2  Captains  of  police        ' .         .         .         .  1400  00  per  year 

Chief  inspector  (captain)  of  police         .  1400  00  per  year 

Assistant  inspector  (lieutenant)  of  police  3 1200  00  per  year 

Sergeants  of  police         ....  4 1186  25  per  year 

Patrolmen,  first  two  years  of  service      .  4912  50  per  year 

Patrolmen,  after  two  years  of  service  4 1042  86  per  year 

5  Patrolmen,  after  five  years  of  service  1095  00  per  year 

4  Members  of  reserve  police  force,  each  730  00  per  year 

4  In  estimating  the  years  of  service,  the  time  spent  as  a  reserve 
police  officer  shall  be  considered  service  as  a  patrolman  within 
the  meaning  of  this  regulation. 

6  Whenever  by  reason  of  length  of  service  the  pay  of  a  patrol- 
man is  to  be  increased,  notice  thereof  shall  be  sent  to  the  mayor 
by  the  chief  of  police,  before  placing  the  name  of  such  patrolman 
upon  the  pay  roll  at  the  increased  rate  of  compensation. 

1  Amended  April  14, 1897. 

2  Amended  April  16, 1895. 

3  Amended  Dec.  19, 1893. 

4  Amended  May  18, 1898. 

5  Amended  May  25, 1899. 

6  Amended  March  31, 1898. 

7  Amended  Oct.  10, 1899. 


215 


List  of  Public  Statutes  and  Parts 
of  Statutes  requiring  accept- 
ance which  have  been  accepted 
by  the  City  of  Cambridge  and 
the  dates  of  such  acceptances 


PUBLIC  STATUTES 


CHAPTER   28. 

Sections  17  to  22  inclusive  :  — 

Relating  to  vacancies  in  the  offices  of  mayor,  alderman,  mem- 
ber of  common  council,  or  any  other  office  to  be  filled  by  popular 
election. 

Duties  of  ward  officers,  and  the  removal  of  officers  from  one 
ward  to  another  ward  in  the  city,  after  election. 

Corresponding  provisions    of  chapter  19,    General   Statutes,   to 
wit :  —  Sections  6  to  11  inclusive,  were  accepted  October  81,  1860, 
Section  23  :  - 

Providing  that  the  mayor  or  any  alderman  or  member  of  the 
common  council  may  at  the  same  time  hold  any  other  office  under 
the  city  government  except  one  of  emolument. 

Accepted  December  27,  1888. 

CHAPTER   50. 

Section  25.    Apportionment  of  sewer  and  sidewalk  assessments  : — 
The  provisions  of  chapter  249.  of  the  acts  of  the  year  1878, 
which  correspond  to  the  provisions  of  the  above-named  chapter 
were  accepted  by  an  ordinance  passed  November  19,  1879. 

CHAPTER    51. 

Sections  1  to  10  inclusive  :  — 

Authorizing  the  assessment  of  betterments  on  account  of  public 
improvements.  Accepted  December  28,  1887. 


216  REVISED  ORDINANCES. 

CHAPTER    r>8. 

The  inspection  and  sale  of  provisions  and  animals  intended  for 
slaughter.     Awjrfwl  Fdn-uary  5,  1890. 


CHAPTER    (>(). 
Sections  32,  33  and  34.     Authorizing  the  appointment  of  weighers 

of  hay  :  — 

The  provisions  of  sections  72,  73,  74  and  75,  of  chapter  49, 
General  Statutes,  which  correspond  to  the  provisions  of  the  above- 
named  sections  were  accepted  January  9,  1861. 

CHAPTER    80. 

Sections  8  to  12  inclusive.     Authorizing  the  appointment  of  a 
board  of  health  :  — 

The  provisions  of  chapter  133,  of  the  acts  of  1877,  which 
correspond  to  the  provisions  of  the  above-named  sections,  were 
accepted  November  6,  1877. 

CHAPTER   101. 
Sections  1  to  5  inclusive  :  — 

Burnt  or  dangerous  buildings,  adjudged  nuisances  and  how 
such  nuisances  may  be  abated.  Accepted  June  19,  1884. 

CHAPTER   102. 

Sections  40  to  48  inclusive  :  — 

Regulating  the  erection  and  maintenance  of  steam  engines, 
furnaces  and  boilers.  Accepted  January  29,  1890. 

Chapter  197,  of  the  acts  of  the  year  1845.  Accepted  May  12, 
1845. 

CHAPTER   104. 
Section  1.     Cities  may  make  by-laws  for  the  prevention  of  fires  :  — 

The  provisions  of  chapter  243  of  the  acts  of  1872,  which 
correspond  with  the  provisions  of  the  above-named  section,  were 
accepted  May  17,  1872. 

Sections  4  to  11  inclusive  :  — 

The  inspection  of  buildings.     Accepted  January  23,  1885. 

CHAPTER   74.     ACTS   OF   1890. 

In  relation  to  the  preservation  of  the  public  health  in  cities. 
Accepted  May  15,  1890. 

CHAPTER    341.     ACTS  OF    1892. 
In  relation  to  public  parks.     Accepted  June  15,  1892. 


LIST  OF  STATUTES,  ETC.  217 

CHAPTER   462.     ACTS    OF    1893. 

In   relation  to   establishing   a  building   line   on  public   ways. 
Accepted  July  28,  1893. 

CHAPTER    337.     ACTS    OF    1893. 

In  relation  to  public  parks.     Accepted  June  7,  1893. 

CHAPTER    364.     ACTS    OF    1894. 

Authorizing  the  city  to  continue  the  pay  of  disabled  officers 
and  employees  in  certain  cases.     Accepted  May  31.  1894- 

CHAPTER   481.     ACTS    OF    1894. 
Sections  11,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22:- 

Relative  to  the  regulation  and  inspection  of  buildings.     Ac- 
cepted November  21,  1894. 

CHAPTER   99.     ACTS   OF   1895. 

Authorizing   the   city   to   establish    hospitals    for    contagious 
diseases.     Accepted  March  20,  1895. 

CHAPTER   71.     ACTS    OF    1895. 

Authorizing  city  to  establish  fire  limits.     Accepted  March  27, 
1895. 

CHAPTER   236.     ACTS   OF   1895. 

Authorizing   the   placing  of   parks    and  commons  under  the 
charge  of  the  park  commissioners.     Accepted  May  8,  1895. 

CHAPTER   173.     ACTS   OF  1896. 
Amending  Charter,  etc.     Accepted  April  1,  1896. 

CHAPTER    175.     ACTS   OF  1896. 
Clay  pits.     Accepted  April  16,  1896. 

CHAPTER    238.     ACTS    OF  1896. 

Building  sewers  by  Cambridge  and  Somerville.     Accepted  May 
12.  1896. 

CHAPTER    455.     ACTS    OF   1894. 

Plumbing :    Supervision    and    licensing.       Accepted    November 
12,  1896. 

CHAPTER    314.     ACTS    OF   1896. 
Reserve  police  force.     Accepted  November  17,  1897. 

UNIVERSITY 


218  REVISED  ORDINANCES. 

CHAPTER   462.     ACTS   OF  1893. 
Building  line  on  public  ways.     Accepted.  April  13,  1898. 

CHAPTER   313.     ACTS   OF  1896. 

As  amended  by  chapter  379,  acts  of  1897.     Building  line  and 
height  of  buildings  on  parkways,  etc.     Accepted  April  13, 1898. 

CHAPTER   179.     ACTS   OF   1899. 
To  vacate  certain  sewer  assessments.     Accepted  April  13.  1899. 

CHAPTER   275.     ACTS   OF  1899. 
Drain  by  city  of  Somerville.     Accepted  August  4,  1899. 


INDEX. 

. —  City  Charter  was  approved  by  the  Governor  on  May  29, 
1891,  and  accepted  by  the  voters  at  the  annual  election  held 
December  8,  1891. 


221 


INDEX. 


PAGE 

ABATEMENTS 

certificates  of  abatement  of  taxes,  etc.,  to  be  addressed  to 

treasurer 29 

a  copy  thereof  to  be  sent  to  the  auditor           ....  29 
of  water-rates.    See  WATEK  WORKS  DEPARTMENT. 

ACCOUNTS.     See  AUDITOR'S   DEPARTMENT,  also  ACCOUNTS, 
COMMITTEE  ON. 

ACCOUNTS,  COMMITTEE  ON 

appointment  of 32 

of  whom  to  consist 32-33 

duties  of    .        ... 33 

when  to  meet 33 

to  examine  monthly  bills -32 

to  accept  form  of  auditor's  books 32-33 

to  determine  manner  of  keeping  books,  etc.,  of  officers  and 

heads  of  departments  .                       32-33 

to  make  annual  report 33 

to  have  right  to  inspect  records  of  boards  and  officers  show- 
ing moneys  received  for  city 33 

to  examine  all  accounts  and  claims  and  compare  with  record  33 

shall  receive  monthly  report  of  drafts  from  auditor      .        .  35 

ACTS 

done  not  affected  by  these  ordinances 19 

ADMINISTRATION  OF  CITY  GOVERNMENT  ....  4 

ADVERTISEMENTS 

for  proposals  and  purchases,  how  published    ....  157 

ALDERMEN,  BOARD  OF 

to  consist  of  ten,  and  after  1892  of  eleven  persons  ...  4 

with  board  of  common  council,  to  compose  city  council       .  4 

majority  of,  to  constitute  quorum 8 

no  member  of,  to  receive  compensation 8 

election  of 4-5 

failure  to  elect 5 

refusal  to  accept  office 5 

to  be  sworn 5 

certificate  of  oath 6 

vacancy  in 5 

quorum 8 

special  meetings  of,  how  called 22 

shall  confirm  or  reject  all  nominations  for  appointments 

made  by  mayor 23 

shall  have  the  power  of  selectmen  of  towns     ....  12 

general  duties  of 11-12 

annual  convention  with  mayor  and  common  council    .        .  5 

shall  sit  separately,  except          .......  4 

sittings  of,  to  be  public  except,  etc 8 


222  INDEX. 

PAGE 

ALDERMEN,    BOARD  OF—  Continued. 

votes  on  elections  and  confirmations  to  be  public  ...  8 
board  of,  to  judge  of  election  and  qualification  of  its  mem- 
bers            11 

and  of  the  school  committee 11 

mayor  shall  not  be  a  member  of  or  preside  at  meetings       .  11 

mayor  shall  not  appoint  any  committees  of     ....  11 

members  of,  not  to  hold  offices  of  emolument         ...  11 

president  of,  how  elected 11 

his  duties 11 

president  of,  may  call  special  meetings 11 

shall  take  no  part  in  the  employment  of  labor       ...  11 

or  the  appointment  or  removal  of  officers  except  ...  11 

may  authorize  construction,  etc.,  of  sidewalks       ...  11 

to  fix  the  number  and  compensation  of  the  police  force      .  12 

to  make  regulations  for  its  government 12 

may  grant  licenses  to  innholders,  etc 12 

may  grant  licenses  for  manufacture  of  petroleum         .        .  183 

may  grant  and  revoke  other  licenses 12 

may  employ  and  remove  clerks  and  attendants      ...  12 

shall  locate  poles,  conduits,  etc 107-109 

may  give  authority  to  license  the  removal  of  buildings 

through  streets 133 

public  notice  and  hearing  to  be  given  before  license  is 

granted 133 

may  authorize  the  superintendent  of   streets  to  license 

plank  sidewalks    .        .        .        .        .        .        .        .        .  134 

may  give  authority  to  erect  awnings 137 

shall  establish  public  scales         . 168 

to  issue  warrants  for  elections,  etc 171 

shall  fix  the  time  for  opening  and  closing  the  poles       .        .  171 

shall  designate  place  for  holding  general  meetings        .        .  172 

standing  regulations  of 203 

street  railways,  relating  to 203 

intelligence  offices 203 

moving  buildings  .........  205 

minors'  licenses 205 

use  of  streets  by  vehicles    ....;..  207 

billiard  and  other  amusement  licenses   ....  208 

pawnbrokers,  dealers  in  junk,  etc.   .        .        .        .        .  209 

concerning  small  loans        .        .        .        .        .        .        .  211 

salaries  of  certain  officers 214 

may  designate  numbers  to  be  affixed  to  buildings          .        .  129 

not  to  act  on  mayor's  appointments  for  one  week          .        .  7 

to  fix  amount  of  bonds  of  deputy  collectors  of  taxes    .        .  10 

may  fill  vacancies  in  offices  filled  by  them       ....  12 

may  call  for  information  from  officers  and  subordinates      .  13 

city  clerk  shall  attend  all  meeting 39 

records  of,  to  be  kept  by  city  clerk 39 

city  messenger  shall  attend  all  meetings  ......  41 

ALMSHOUSE.    See  OVERSEERS  OF  THE  POOR  DEPARTMENT. 

to  be  the  workhouse  of  the  city  .        .        .        .        .        .        .  176 

AMBULANCE,  Emergency.    See  POLICE  OFFICERS. 

AMENDED  CHARTER 4 

AMUSEMENT  LICENSES 

regulations  concerning .  208 


INDEX. 


223 


ANIMALS 

not  to  be  allowed  to  go  at  large,  or  feed  in  the  streets.    See 
DOG,  HORSE. 

intended  for  slaughter,  etc.          . 

kept  for  the  production  of  milk  . 

A  \\TJAL  MUNICIPAL  ELECTION 

for  choice  of  city  officers,  when  holden     .        . 

ANNUAL 

appointments  of  officers 

APPEAL 

from  estimate  of  damages  sustained  by  laying  out  streets    . 

APPOINTMENT 

of  officers  by  the  mayor 

confirmation  of 


PAGE 


24-113 
24-113 


APPROPRIATIONS 

must  be  made  by  the  city  council 9-13 

when  expended,  auditor  to  give  notice  to  the  mayor,  city 

council,  etc 34 

monthly  and  annual  statements  of  auditor  in  regard  to       .  34 
notice  of,  to  be  furnished  to  auditor  by  the  city  clerk  .        .  39 
for  different  departments,  to  be  under  supervision  and  con- 
trol of  certain  boards  and  officers 156 

estimates  for •».  .  13 

on  account  of  sinking  funds          .        .        .        .    •     .        .        .  127 

no  contract  to  exceed 13 

expenditures  not  to  exceed  . 13-159 

city  council  shall  direct  proper  accounting  for        ....  9 

heads  of  departments  shall  furnish  estimates  of,  to  mayor  .  13 

mayor  to  examine  estimates  and  submit  to  city  council       .  13 

ARROWS 

shooting  with  bow  and,  in  streets  forbidden    ....  188 

ASHES  AND  OTHER  RUBBISH 

how  removed 135 

barrels  containing,  not  to  be  maliciously  tipped  over    .        .  190 

not  to  interfere  with  travel 136 

if  out  at  night  to  be  lighted 136 

disposal  of,  in  streets      ..." 194 

ASSESSORS'  DEPARTMENT 

creation  of 21 

under  charge  of  what  officers 21-29 

under  control  of  mayor 21 

election  of  assessors 5 

their  term  of  office 5 

their  duties 29 

salary  of 160 

vacancies  in,  how  filled 5-11-29 

ordinance  in  relation  to 29 

to  give  whole  time  to  their  duties 29 

to  make  returns  to  auditor  of  amount  of  tax  warrant  and 

other  assessments 29 

warrants  to  collector      .                        29 

apportionment  of  sewer  and  sidewalk  assessments       .        .  30 


224  INDEX. 

PAGE 

ASSESSORS'  DEPARTMENT  —  Continued. 

to  keep  a  record  of  abatements 29 

to  address  certificates  of  abatements  to  treasurer  ...  29 

to  send  copies  of  such  certificates  to  auditor    ....  29 

assessments  by,  when  to  be  made 29 

list  of  assessments,  when  to  be  given  to  treasurer         .        .  29 

ASSISTANT  ASSESSORS 

to  be  appointed  by  mayor     .        . 7-24 

confirmation  of  appointment 7 

term  of  office 7 

salary  of    .         ...      * 161 

may  be  removed,  how 7 

ASSISTANT  CITY  CLERK 

election  of 9 

See  CITY  CLEKK  DEPARTMENT. 

ASSISTANT  CLERK  OF  COMMITTEES 

appointment  of 42 

See  CLERK  OF  COMMITTEES  DEPARTMENT. 

AUCTIONEERS 

appointment  of 24 

AUDITING  DEPARTMENT 

creation  of 21 

under  charge  of  what  officer 21-31 

under  control  of  mayor 21 

ordinance  in  relation  to 31 

election  of  auditor .  10 

tenure  of  office 10-31 

removal 10 

salary,  how  fixed 31 

vacancy  in  office  of,  how  filled     .......  31 

bond .  31 

new  bond,  when  required .  31 

general  duties 31 

salary  of 160 

to  deliver  property  of  city  to  successor,  etc 10 

auditor  to  be  sworn  to  the  faithful  discharge  of  his  duties  .  10 

office  hours  of 155 

requisition  for  money  to  be  paid  out  of  treasury  to  be  made 

upon 31 

to  examine  requisitions 31 

shall  pass  no  claim  without  appropriation  therefor       .        .  34 

to  keep  book  of  accounts  and  claims  allowed  ....  32 

to  countersign  drafts  and  orders  on  treasurer         .        .        .  23-34 
to  give  treasurer  certificates  signed  by  him  for  all  approved 

bills 32 

form  of  such  certificates 32 

to  require  identification  of  persons  seeking  settlement  of 

bills .  34 

to  keep  books  stating  amount  of  appropriations  and  ex- 
penditures        34 

to  give  notice  of  expenditure  of  any  appropriation  to  mayor  34 
to  furnish  monthly  statement  to  members  of  the  city  coun- 
cil and  mayor 34 

to  countersign  bonds,  notes,  etc.,  of  city 23-34 

to  examine  sureties  on  bonds  annually 166 


INDEX.  225 

PAGE 

AUDITING  DEPARTMENT  —  Continued. 

to  countersign  certain  orders  drawn  by  the  mayor  on  the 

treasurer 32-34 

to  report  drafts  to  committee  on  accounts       ....  35 

to  make  annual  report 34 

to  charge  mayor's  orders  on  treasurer  to  proper  account     .  32 
to  have  custody  of  all  bonds  but  his  own          ....  31 
to  receive  notice  from  city  clerk  of  all  orders  for  expendi- 
tures, etc 39 

to  receive  daily  reports  of  fees,  etc.,  from  the  city  clerk      .  39 

his  bond  to  be  in  custody  of  treasurer 31 

assessors  to  make  return  to,  of  amount  of  tax  warrant  and 

other  assessments 29 

assessors  to  send  to,  copies  of  certificates  of  abatements      .  29 
water  registrar  to  make  monthly  report  of  bills  and  abate- 
ments to 150 

treasurer  to  make  monthly  report  to 141 

treasurer  to  make  monthly  statement  of  fees,  etc.,  received, 

to 142 

to  make  up  his  accounts  to  include  November  30   ...  34 

mayor  shall  approve  all  his  drafts 23 

shall  keep  a  register  of  all  bonds  of  city  officers     ...  31 
shall  notify  mayor  when  such  bond  expires  or  security  is 

impaired -  ;       *  31 

shall  refer  doubtful  accounts  to  mayor 32 

shall  have  custody  of  bonds,  notes,  executions,  etc.,  which 

have  been  paid 32 

shall  keep  a  registry  thereof 32 

shall  give  treasurer  order  for  payment  of  same      ...  32 

shall  keep  books  acceptable  to  the  committee  on  accounts  .  32-34 

shall  receive,  examine,  and  record  all  claims  and  accounts  .  31 

accounts  and  claims  to  be  approved  by  heads  of  departments  33-35 

committee  on  accounts  to  be  appointed 32 

duties  of  committee  on  accounts 33 

mayor  may  draw  orders  for  advances  on  contracts       .        .  33 
or  for  any  sum  or  order  of  city  council  for  weekly  payment 

of  employees 33 

for  salaries  of  school  teachers 33 

for  state  and  military  aid 33 

to  meet  emergencies —      ...  33 

financial  year  to  begin  December  I    ......  34 

sub-auditor  may  be  designated  by  auditor       ....  35 

officers  and  boards  to  make  statement  to,  of  all  moneys 

received  .        .        . .       .  155 

AWNINGS,  SHADES,  ETC. 

not  to  be  erected  within  limits  of  street,  except    .        .        .  137 

BALCONY.    See  BAY-WINDOWS. 

BALL 

playing  on  commons,  etc.,  forbidden  except,  etc.    .        .        .  191 

playing  in  streets  forbidden 188 

BANANA  SKINS,  ETC., 

not  to  be  thrown  on  sidewalk 190 

BASE  BALL.    See  BALL. 

BASEMENTS 

regulations  relating  to  doorsteps  and  entrances  to  133 


226 


INDEX. 


BATHING 

in  a  nude  state  so  as  to  be  exposed  to  view  of  persons  in 

streets,  forbidden 189 

BAY-WINDOWS.    See  CONSTRUCTION  OF  BUILDINGS. 

BICYCLES 

riding  at  rate  of  speed  exceeding,  forbidden    ....  188 

BELLS 

ringing  of 193 

BILLIARD  AND  OTHER  AMUSEMENT  LICENSES 

regulations  concerning! 208 

BILLS 

against  the  city,  how  approved 35 

approval  of,  to  be  certified  to  auditor  by  a  majority  of  board 

or  head  of  department 35 

pay-day  for 35 

boards  to  hold  regular  monthly  meetings  for  approval  of 

and  send  to  the  auditor,  etc 35 

boards  to  keep  record  of  dates  and  amounts  of  bills,  and 

.     names  of  persons  whose  bills  are  approved    ...  35 

for  the  use  of  water,  committed  to  treasurer  ....  149 

standing  regulations  for  the  use  of  water  to  be  printed  on 

certain 147 

BLOW-OFFS 

from  steam  boilers  not  to  be  connected  with  sewers  or 

drains 125 

BOARD 

of  health.    See  HEALTH  DEPARTMENT. 

of  commissioners  of  sinking  funds.  See  SINKING  FUND 
DEPARTMENT. 

of  assessors.    See  ASSESSORS'  DEPARTMENT. 

of  trustees  of  Public  Library.  See  PUBLIC  LIBRARY  DE- 
PARTMENT. 

of  trustees  of  the  Bridge  Charitable  Fund.  See  BRIDGE 
CHARITABLE  FUND. 

of  trustees  of  Sanders  Temperance  Fund.  *  See  SANDERS 
TEMPERANCE  FUND. 

BOARDS,  EXECUTIVE 

to  have  charge  of  certain  departments 21 

to  be  under  control  of  mayor 21 

may  license  or  permit  anything  prohibited  to  be  done  with- 
out their  license  or  permission 20 

certain,  to  hold  monthly  meetings,  for  approval  of  bills      .  35 

to  keep  a  record  of  contracts  and  bills  approved  by  them    .  35 

shall  make  contracts  in  their  departments      ....  13 

shall  have  care,  etc.,  of  public  works,  etc 13 

shall  control  executive  business 13 

shall  be  accountable  to  mayor .  13 

shall  furnish  information  to  mayor  and  city  council  .  .  13 
shall  make  no  expenditure  beyond  appropriations  .  .  13-159 
shall  furnish  annual  estimates  to  mayor  in  January  .  .  13-159 

to  keep  account  of  moneys  received  by  them  ....  9 

when  to  pay  treasurer  such  moneys 9 

certain,  to  make  annual  reports 9 

intrusted  with  public  money,  to  account  to  city  council      .  9 


INDEX.  227 

PAGE 

BOARDS,  EXECUTIVE  —  Continued. 

shall  designate  officer  to  certify  payrolls  of  employees         .  33 

shall  approve  all  bills  in  their  departments     ....  35 

shall  present  bills  to  appropriate  committee  and  auditor     .  35 

other  duties  of 35 

shall  certify  all  bills 35 

shall  keep  records  of  moneys  received 155 

shall  pay  moneys  received  to  treasurer  daily  ....  155 

certain  boards  to  pay  weekly       .        . 155 

shall  make  returns  to  auditor 155 

shall  have  control  of  their  appropriation 156 

not  to  expend  more  than  $300  for  one  purpose  without 

approval  of  mayor,  except 156 

shall  be  governed  in  their  purchases  by  the  provisions  of 

chapter  27 157 

shall  advertise  for  proposals         .        .        .        .        .        .        .  157 

shall  send  copy  of  advertisement  to  auditor    ....  157 

plan  to  be  shown  to  bidders         . 157 

bond  required  of  contractor         .               .        .        .        .        .  157 

See  OFFICERS 

See  CONTRACTS 

to  appoint  and  remove  subordinates .        .        .        ...  13 

cause  of  removal  of  subordinates  to  be  entered  on  record  '.  158 

terms  of  service  of  subordinates 13 

appointments  and  removals  to  be  certified  to  mayor     .        .  13 

causes  of  removals  to  be  assigned  in  writing   ....  13 

not  to  expend  money  until  appropriated 159 

what  records  to  be  kept  and  open  to  public     ....  159 

licenses  to  contain  certain  condition 159 

shall  not  advocate  or  object  to  any  act  before  the  legislature  159 

BOILERS.    See  INSPECTION  AND  CONSTRUCTION  OF  BUILDINGS 
DEPARTMENT. 

BONDS.    See  the  Various  DEPARTMENTS. 

of  city,  how  signed  and  countersigned 7-34-139 

issued  for  certain  loans,  how  long  to  run          .        .        .   '    .  126 

to  have  on  their  face  the  purpose  of  their  issue      .        .        .  126 

may  be  paid  by  treasurer  without  an  order     ....  34 

when  paid  shall  be  cancelled  by  city  treasurer       ...  139 

and  transmitted  to  city  auditor 139 

custody  of  bonds  of  city  officers 31 

of  city  officers  to  be  approved  by  mayor t  22 

of  various  city  officers.    See  the  DIFFERENT  TITLES. 

officers,  shall  have  sureties 159 

of  corporation  or  person  constructing,  etc.,  a  telegraphic  or 

other  electrical  line  in  the  city         .....  110 

of  person  licensed  to  move  building  through  street       .        .  133 
of  person  licensed  to  construct,  etc.,  drains  connecting  with 

sewers 124 

licenses  and  permits  not  to  be  valid  without  ....  166 

contracts  to  be  accompanied  by  157 

BONFIRES 

not  to  be  made  in  the  streets .       .  188 

BOOTHS 

not  to  be  erected  on  commons  or  public  grounds  without  a 

permit 191 

or  on  streets  without  a  permit 188 


228  INDEX. 

PAGE 

BOUNDARIES  OF  WARDS 

may  be  altered  by  city  council 4 

BOW 

shooting  with,  forbidden  in  streets 188 

BRIDGE  CHARITABLE  FUND 

how  to  be  applied 173 

trustees  of,  who  shall  be 173 

trustees  to  have  care  of  fund  and^make  annual  report .        .  173 

BRIDGES.    See  STKEET  DEPARTMENT  AND  CONSTRUCTION  OF 
BUILDINGS. 

BRIDGES.    See  STREETS,  COMMONS,  ETC. 

persons  shall  not  deface        .       .       .       .               .       .       .  188-190 

shall  not  obstruct  draw 190 

shall  not  fasten  vessels,  etc.,  to 190 

shall  obey  drawtender  when  using  the  draw    ....  190 

BRIDGE  DEPARTMENT 

creation  of ' 21 

under  charge  of  what  officer 21-36 

under  control  of  mayor 21 

ordinance  in  relation  to 36 

West  Boston,  Craigie,  Prison  Point,  and  Harvard  Bridges  36 

commissioner  of 36 

how  and  when  appointed 24-36 

tenure  of  office 36 

salary  of 162 

powers  and  duties 36 

removal 36 

to  make  annual  report  with  estimate  of  expenses  for 

next  year 36 

vacancy 36 

city  engineer  to  make  annual  examination  of  44 

Harvard  bridge  loans  to  be  for  not  over  thirty  years  .  126 

loans  for  other  bridges  to  be  for  not  over  ten  years     .  126 

BUILDINGS 

removal  of,  through  streets 133 

license  how  obtained 133 

regulations  of  board  of  aldermen 205 

bond  to  be  given 133 

chimneys  to  be  taken  down 133 

defective,  causing  injury  to  sidewalk 134 

See  CONSTRUCTION  OF  BUILDINGS  (SPECIAL  INDEX). 

BURIALS.      See    CEMETERY    DEPARTMENT;    ALSO     UNDER- 
TAKERS. 

BY-LAWS 

to  be  termed  ordinances 19 

See  ORDINANCES. 

CAMBRIDGE 

city  of,  a  corporate  body  with  certain  powers ....  4 

powers  of,  vested  in  the  city  council 8 

CAMBRIDGE  CEMETERY.    See  CEMETERY  DEPARTMENT. 

CANOPIES 

provisions  as  to,  when  erected  within  limits  of  streets.       .  137 


INDEX. 


229 


PAGE 

CARPETS 

not  to  be  shaken  or  cleaned  in  streets 189 

CARRIAGES. 

when  furnished  at  expense  of  city 160 

not  to  be  washed  or  cleaned  in  streets 188 

not  to  be  stopped  on  flagging  stones,  etc 187 

not  to  be  driven  on  sidewalks' 189 

regulations  concerning  use  of  streets  by 207 

See  VEHICLES. 

CARTS.    See  VEHICLES. 

CATCH-BASINS 

to  be  kept  clean  and  in  repair  by  city  engineer       .        .        .  123 
the  entrances  of,  to  be  kept  open  and  clear  of  ice  by  the 

superintendent  of  streets 123 

See  SEWER  DEPARTMENT. 

CATTLE 

not  to  be  allowed  on  sidewalks 189 

CELLARS.    See  CONSTRUCTION  OF  BUILDINGS. 

regulations  relative  to  doorsteps  and  entrances  to        .       .  133 

under  sidewalk,  conditions  of  maintaining      ....  137 

CEMETERY  DEPARTMENT 

creation  of .  21 

under  charge  of  what  officers 21-37 

under  control  of  mayor 21 

ordinance  in  relation  to 37 

commissioners  of,  to  continue  in  power 14 

appointment  of  commissioners 24-37 

former  method  of  appointment  and  removal    of  commis- 
sioners repealed 14 

tenure  of  office 37 

vacancy 37 

powers  and  duties 37 

shall  have  charge  of  Cambridge  cemetery        ....  37 

shall  have  charge  of  burying  ground  on  Garden  street         .  37 

may  sell  rights  of  burial 37 

deeds  of  lots  to  be  executed  by  mayor 37 

execution  of  deeds  by  city  clerk  repealed        ....  14 
when  money  is  to  be  received  by  treasurer  for  perpetual 

care  of  lots  in 37-1 39 

interest  of  such  money  to  be  applied  to  care  of  lot        .       .  37 

treasurer  to  receive  such  sums  of  money 37-139 

treasurer  to  send  to  superintendent  of,  notice,  etc.       .       .  139 
treasurer  to  pay  to  board  of  commissioners  of,  interest  on 

such  sums 37-140 

application  of  money  received  for  care  of  lots  in    ...  37-140 

name  of  fund 38-140 

annual  report  of  commissioners 37 

reconveyance  of  lots  in,  to  the  city 38 

acceptance  of  deed  of  reconveyance 38 

sum  to  be  deposited  sufficient  to  provide,  etc.         ...  38 

proprietor  may  reserve  the  right  of  admission         ...  38 

deeds  in  trust 38 

CERTIFICATES 

for  payment  of  money  out  of  the  treasury,  form  of  32 

of  weighing  hay,  etc 168 


230 


INDEX. 


CESSPOOLS,  VAULTS,  AND  PRIVIES 

board  of  health  shall  make  contracts  for  cleaning 

CHARCOAL  MEASURES 

inspector  of  .       

CHARTER.    SEE  CITY  CHAKTER. 

CHIEF  ENGINEER.    See  FIKE  DEPARTMENT. 

CHIEF  OF  POLICE.    See  POLICE  DEPARTMENT. 

CHILDREN 

under  sixteen  years  of  age 

shall  not  loiter  upon  any  street  after  9.30  P.  M. 
shall  be  accompanied  by  parent,  etc. 

returning  from  employment,  etc 

performing  some  duty,  directed  in  writing 
violation  of  provisions  of  ordinance    .... 

CHIMNEYS 

how  to  be  taken  down  before  building  is  moved     . 

CITY 

to  be  divided  into  five  wards        .... 
boundaries  of  wards       . 

CITY  AUDITOR.    See  AUDITING  DEPARTMENT. 

CITY  CHARTER 

new  charter 

new,  when  accepted  by  the  voters  (Note) . 

when  approved  (Note) 

acts  inconsistent  with,  repealed  .        .       .       .       . 

submitted  to  voters  when 

when  in  operation . 

municipal  powers . 

ordinances  inconsisent  with,  annulled 
not  inconsistent  with,  to  be  in  force  . 

laws  not  repealed  by 

rules  of  civil  service  commissioner  not  repealed  by 
tenure  of  city  officers  not  affected  by       ... 
powers  of  board  of  health  not  affected  by 
water  board  to  continue  in  power 
cemetery  commissioners  to  continue  in  power 
repeal  of  original  charter  and  amendments 

CITY  CLERK  DEPARTMENT 

creation  of 

under  charge  of  what  officer        ..... 
under  control  of  mayor         .        .        . 
ordinance  in  relation  to        .        .       .       . 

CITY  CLERK 

to  be  elected  by  ballot 

to  be  sworn 

term  of  office  of 

may  be  removed 

bond   ....        

new  bond,  when  to  be  given 

powers  and  duties  of 

office  hours  of 


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53-125 

23 


195 
195 
195 
195 
195 
195 


133 

4 
4 


4 

219 

219 

14 

15 

15 

4 

13 
13 
14 
14 
14 
14 
14 
14 
14 


21 

21-39 
21 
39 


9-39 

9-39 

39 

39 

9-39 
155 


INDEX.     .  231 

PAGE 

CITY  CLERK—  Continued. 

salary  of 160 

to  be  custodian  of  city  seal 167 

to  have  care  of  city  records  and  documents,  etc.     ...  39 

to  receive  records  of  weighers,  when 168 

to  record  and  publish  ordinances        ......  19 

to  keep  record  of  streets  and  sidewalks  accepted   ...  134 

to  be  clerk  of  board  of  aldermen 9 

of  city  council  in  convention 9 

to  deliver  journals,  etc.,  to  his  successor 10 

to  notify  auditor  of  orders  authorizing  expenditures,  etc.   .  39 

to  report  daily  to  auditor  money  received        ....  39 

to  pay  to  treasurer  daily  money  received          ....  39 
to  notifiy  city  council  six  months  before,  of  expiration  of 

time  for  assessment  of  betterments,  etc.        ...  39 
to  report  to  treasurer  orders  for  sewers  and  sidewalk  assess- 
ments, apportionments  and  abatements    ....  39 
to  attend  all  meetings  of  board  of   aldermen,   of   both 

branches  of  the  city  council  when  met  in  convention  39 

to  keep  record  of  proceedings  in  such  cases     ....  39 
to  make  annual  statement  to  the  city  council  of  fees,  etc., 

received 155 

may  issue  licenses  to  use  and  drive  vehicles  for  conveyance 

for  persons,  etc.,  for  hire '   .  207 

to  keep  record  of  licenses  granted  for  stands  and  vehicles, 

and  of  persons  to  use  and  drive  vehicles  for  hire         .  207 

to  sign  warrants  for  calling  meetings  in  the  several  precincts,  171 

duties  of,  at  general  meetings  of  inhabitants  ....  172 

to  keep  record  of  proceedings  at  such  general  meetings       .  172 

shall  sign  warrants  of  members  of  fire  department        .  45 

power  of  execution  of  cemetery  deeds  by,  repealed       .  14 

shall  record  deeds  of  lots  in  Cambridge  cemetery          .        .  37 

engineer's  office  to  be  a  part  of  clerk's  office,  etc.         .       .  125 

assistant  city  clerk  to  be  elected  by  ballot      ....  9 

to  be  sworn 9 

term  of  office  of ' .  9 

may  be  removed 9-40 

duties  and  powers • .       .  40 

salary  of 160 

shall  give  bond          .........  40 

election  void  if  bond  not  given     .       .       ......  40 

new  bond  when 40 

CITY  COUNCIL 

to  consist  of  board  of  aldermen  and  common  council       .  4 

failure  to  elect  members  of          ......'.-  5 

refusal  to  accept  office         .        .        .....  5 

vacancy 5 

removal  from  ward,  not  to  effect,  etc 5 

change  of  ward  boundaries  not  to  effect,  etc.    ...  5 

shall  be  sworn 5 

shall  meet  mayor  in  convention  in  January         ...  5 

special  meetings,  how  called 6 

powers  of  municipal  corporation  vested  in         ...  8 

quorum  of 8 

members  shall  receive  no  compensation      ....  8 

all  sittings  to  be  public  except,  etc.     .....  8 

shall  apportion  the  members  of  common  council  among 

the  several  wards  4 


232 


INDEX. 


CITY  COUNCIL  —  Continued. 

shall  reapportion  the  common  council  every  five  years 

from  1895   ..,....,.  5 
by  by-law,  to  direct  form,  service,  and  return  of  warrants 

for  all  meetings  of  inhabitants          ....  5 

shall  determine  salary  of  mayor 8 

may  make  ordinances  and  annex  penalties          ...  8 

shall  direct  how  ordinances  shall  be  published           .        .  8 

shall  take  no  part  in  employment  of  labor           ...  11 
shall  take  no  part  in  appointment  or  removal  of  officers, 

except        .........  11 

to  publish  accounts  of  receipts  and  expenditures       .         .  9 

to  publish  schedule  of  property  and  debts  of  city      . '       .  9 

may  lay  out  new  streets  or  ways         .....  9 

may  estimate  damage  sustained 9 

may  provide  for  appointment  and  compensation  of  certain 

needful  officers  ........  8 

ineligible  to  offices  of  emolument 11 

to  elect  city  clerk  and  assistant  city  clerk  ....  9 

to  elect  treasurer,  and  collector  of  taxes    ....  10 

to  elect  city  solicitor 10 

to  elect  city  messenger        .......  9 

to  elect  a  clerk  of  committees 9 

to  elect  a  city  auditor 10 

to  elect  an  overseer  of  the  poor  .        .        .        .        .         10-116 

to  fill  vacancies  in  overseers  of  poor           .        .        .        .  116 

to  fill  vacancies  in  board  of  assessors          ....  11 

may  establish  a  fire  department  ......  9 

may  make  rules  and  regulations 9 

boards  and  officers  intrusted  with  public  money  to  ac- 
count to 9 

appropriations  by,  not  to  be  exceeded         ....  9 

may  regulate  loads  of  vehicles     ......  8 

may  take  land  for  streets  and  sewers         ....  9 

appeal  from  estimate  of  damages        .  9 

may  request  mayor,  etc.,  to  make  reports           ...  9 

shall  direct  a  proper  accounting  for  moneys       ...  9 

may  fill  vacancies  in  offices  filled  by  them           ...  12 

may  employ  and  remove  clerks  and  attendants  ...  12 

may  call  for  information  from  officers  and  subordinates    .  13 

shall  make  annual  appropriations                                          ,  13 

city  clerk  shall  attend  all  meetings     .....  39 

city  clerk  shall  keep  records  of  the  proceedings         .        .  39 

city  messenger  shall  wait  upon            .....  41 

no  member  to  be  commissioner  of  sinking  funds        .        .  126 

shall  give  names  to  streets 129 

no  members  of,  shall  be  a  member  of  water  board    .  144 

water  board  shall  have  certain  powers  of  .        .        .        .  1 44 
contracts  for  more  than  one  year  not  to  be  made,  without 

vote  of 158 

CITY  ELECTRICAL   DEPARTMENT 

under  charge  of  what  officer 104 

ordinance  in  relation  to 104 


INDEX.  233 

PAGE 

CITY  ELECTRICAL  DEPARTMENT—  Continued. 

tenure  of  office  of  inspector  of  wires          .        .        .        .  Ill 

duties  of  city  electrician 104 

shall  have  supervision  of  all  wires,  poles,  conduits,  etc.  104 

shall  inspect  condition  of  poles,  wires,  etc.         .         .  104 

shall  order  poles,  etc.,  unsafe,  to  be  replaced     .         .  104 
shall  inspect  wires  in  buildings  in  process  of  con- 

truction       ........  105 

shall  enforce  all  laws,  etc.,  relative  to  wires,  etc.      .  105 
shall  have  supervision  of  fire  alarm  telegraph,  police 

signal  system,  etc 105 

shall  purchase  wires,  apparatus,  machinery,  etc.        .  105 

shall  cause  to  be  erected  all  appliances,  etc.        .        .  105 

shall  have  care  and  oversight  of  all  street  lamps,  except  105 

shall  contract  for  all  materials,  lighting,  etc.      .  105 

shall  keep  account  of  lamps,  men  employed,  etc.         .  106 

shall  examine  all  meters  for  gas,  except      .        .        .  106 
shall  make  examinations  and  tests  when  requested  by 

certain  departments 106 

shall  have  access  to  all  places  when  necessary    .        .  106 

annual  report  to  city  council        .....  106 

wires  to  be  suitable  and  strong 104 

to  be  attached  to  strong  and  sufficient  poles      .        .        .  104 

entering  buildings  to  be  attached  to  appliances,  etc.  105 

within  buildings  to  be  suitably  insulated    .         .         .         .  105 

to  be  cut  in  case  of  fire,  etc.        ......  105 

placing,  insulation,  etc.,  of          ......  106 

shall  not  be  attached  to  poles  by  means  of  brackets          .  107 

of  more  than  one  party  to  be  attached  on  same  cross-arm  107 

additional  wires  shall  not  be  Affixed  except        .        .        .  107 

unused  wire,  etc. ,  not  to  be  left  on  street           .         .         .  107 

wires,  etc.,  not  to  be  attached  to  tree  without  consent     .  107 
wires,  etc  ,  not  to  be  attached  to  buildings,  etc.,  except 

by  order 108 

wires  not  to  be  attached  to  poles  without  order  of  board 

of  aldermen 109 

wires  to  be  put  in  aerial  cable,  when           ....  109 

wires  and  conduits  to  be  removed,  when    .         .        .         .  110 

poles  to  be  painted  and  insulated        .....  104 

poles,  etc.,  erected  only  by  order  of  board  of  aldermen     .  107 

poles  for  telegraph,  etc  ,  to  be  of  hard  pine,  etc         .         .  108 

poles  for  wires  of  street  railway  to  be  of  iron,  etc.            .  108 

location  of  poles  in  sidewralks      ......  108 

petitions  for,  must  contain  exact  location  of  pole      .        .  109 

must  be  accompanied  with  duplicate  plans         .        .         .  1C9 

hearing  to  be  given 109 

notice  to  be  served  upon  owners,  etc.          ....  109 

removal  of  poles,  ducts,  conduits,  etc         ....  109 

use  of  poles  by  other  corporations      .         .         .         .         .  Ill 

electric  current  to  be  shut  oft'  in  case  of  fire,  etc.       .         .  105 

detailed  plan  of  number  and  location  of  poles  to  be  furnished  107 

signal  boxes,  police  and  fire  alarm,  not  to  be  opened,  except  107 

not  to  be  interfered  with 107 

city  may  attach  wires  to  all  poles,  for  its  own  use     .        .  109 


234  INDEX. 

CITY  ELECTKICAL  DEPARTMENT—  Continued. 

streets,  etc.,  not  to  be  torn  up  without  a  license        .        .  109 

streets,  etc.,  to  be  restored  after  opening           ...  110 
cross-arms,  supports,  etc.,  to  have  tags  affixed  to  designate 

owner,  except 104 

conduit  not  to  be  removed  without  permission  ...  110 

city  to  have  space  in  underground  conduits        .        .        .  no 

guard  rail  to  be  around  manhole,  when  opened          .  110 

city  electrician  to  have  notice  of  intended  placing,  etc.      .  106 
city  electrician  to  give  permission  for  affixing  additional 

wires 107 

person  or  corporation  owning,  to  comply  with  rules,  etc. , 

with  respect  to  quality  of  poles,  etc.        .        .        .  106 
person  or  corporation  constructing  or  operating  lines  to 

give  bond 110 

condition  of  bond 110 

new  bond  may  be  required .  ill 

acceptance  of  locations  of  poles,  etc.,  to  be  filed       .        .  108 

location  void  if  acceptance  is  not  filed        ....  108 

location  void  if  work  is  not  completed  within  six  months  108 

locations,  etc.,  may  be  revoked  by  board  of  aldermen       .  108 

locations  to  be  changed,  when 109 

CITY  ENGINEER.    See  ENGINEERING  DEPARTMENT. 

CITY  GOVERNMENT 

administration  of 4 

CITY  MESSENGER  DEPARTMENT 

creation  of 21 

under  charge  of  what  officer        .         .        .        .         .  21-41 

under  control  of  mayor        .        .        .        .        .        .        .  21 

ordinance  in  relation  to 41 

city  messenger,  election  of  .......  10 

tenure  of  office 10-41 

salary  of 162 

removal 10-41 

powers  and  duties 41 

to  purchase  stationery 41 

to  have  charge  of  printed  matter,  etc.          ...  41 

shall  look  after  City  Hall 41 

shall  make  report  of  stationery,  to  auditor,  monthly  .  41 

shall  make  annual  report      ......  41 

CITY    MONEYS.      See    AUDITING    DEPARTMENT,    OFFICERS, 
TREASURY  DEPARTMENT. 

CITY  OFFICERS.     See  OFFICERS. 

CITY  OFFICERS 

when  elected 5 

chosen  by  people,  to  be  chosen  by  ballot     ....  5 

term  of  office  of 5 

accountability  of .13 

CITY  PHYSICIAN.     See  PHYSICIAN,  CITY. 


INDEX. 


CITY  DEBT.     See  SINKING  FUND. 


PAGE 


235 


CITY  SEAL 

to  what  instruments  to  be  affixed,  and  by  whom 

device  of 

custodian  of 


22 

167 
167 


CITY  SOLICITOR.     See  LAW  DEPARTMENT. 


CITY  TREASURER.     See  TREASURY  DEPARTMENT. 


CITY  SCALES  AND  WEIGHERS 

board  of  aldermen  to  establish 168 

shall  be  furnished  with  decimal  weights    ....  168 

weighers  shall  be  appointed  by  mayor        ....  168 

to  be  sworn ..........  168 

duties  of  weighers 168 

shall  deliver  certificate  of  every  load  weighed    .        .        .  168 

shall  keep  a  record  open  to  public  inspection      .        .        .  168 

record  book  when  filled  to  be  delivered  to  city  clerk          .  168 

fees  for  weighing        ........  168 

fees  to  be  paid  in  quarterly ',  to  treasurer    .        .         .  168 

weighers  shall  keep  scales  clear  of  snow,  etc.    .        .        .  168 

sealer  of  weights  and  measures  to  have  general  control  of 

public  scales      .        .        .        .        .        .        .  121 

compensation  of  weighers 168 

CLAIMS 

against  the  city,  how  to  be  approved  .....  35 
See  ACCOUNTS. 


CLERK  OF  WATER  BOARD 

how  chosen  . 


144 


CLERKS  AND  ATTENDANTS.     See  SUBORDINATES. 

the  several  boards  may  employ  and  remove       ...  12 
compensation  of  clerks  in  the  several  departments  to  be 

determined  by  the  finance  committee        .        .        .  156 

CLERK  OF  COMMITTEES  DEPARTMENT 

creation  of .  21 

under  charge  of  what  officer       ......  21-42 

under  control  of  mayor 21 

ordinance  in  relation  to 42 

clerk  of  committees,  election  of 10 

tenure  of  office 10-42 

duties  of 42 

salary  of 161 

shall  be  clerk  of  all  committees 42 

shall  keep  books  of  record 42 

shall  keep  a  calendar  of  committee  meetings       .        .  42 

shall  notify  members  of  meetings        ....  42 

assistant  clerk  how  appointed 42 

duties  of  42 


236  INDEX. 

CLERK  OF  COMMON  COUNCIL 

election  of 12 

to  be  sworn          .........  12 

to  record  certificate  of  oath  of  common  councilmen          .  6 

other  duties 12 

CLUBS 

possession  of,  on  streets  forbidden 189 

COAL 

weighers  of 23 


COAL  HOLES 

in  sidewalks,  regulations  relative  to 135 

condition  of  maintaining     .......  137 

covers  to  have  iron  rods  or  legs          ....  135 

COASTING 

in  streets  prohibited  without  permission     ....  188 

COLLECTOR  OF  TAXES.     See  TREASURY  DEPARTMENT. 

treasurer  to  be  ex-officio 10-139 

COMMISSIONERS.     See  THE  VARIOUS  TITLES. 

COMMISSIONERS     OF     CAMBRIDGE    CEMETERY.       See 
CEMETERY  DEPARTMENT. 

COMMISSIONERS  OF  THE  SINKING  FUNDS 

how  constituted 126 

appointment  of    .........  24 

term  of  office 126 

no  member  of  city  council  to  be  a  member  of    .        .        .  126 
to  have  control  of  all  funds  for  payment  of  the  city  debt, 

except  the  water  loan 126 

to  certify  to  auditor  annually  the  amounts  required  for 

sinking  funds 127 

debts  due,  how  paid  by  board  from  fund   ....  127 

annual  report       .........  127 

loans,  for  what  time  to  be  negotiated         ....  126 

bonds  for  loans  to  bear  on  their  face  the  purpose  for 

which  they  were  issued     .        .        .        .        .        .  126 

annual  appropriations  for  sinking  funds,  amount  of          .  126 

COMMITTEE  ON  FINANCE     See  FINANCE,  COMMITTEE  ON. 

COMMITTEES,    CLERK    OF.      See   CLERK    OF    COMMITTEES 
DEPARTMENT. 

COMMITTEES 

regular  meetings  of  various,  for  examination  of  bills        .          35-46 

clerk  of 42 

to  keep  records  of  proceedings 42 

to  be  notified  of  meetings    .......  42 

shall  take  no  part  in  the  employment  of  labor  or  in  ap- 
pointment and  removal  of  officers     ....  11 

mayor  shall  not  appoint,  of  the  aldermen  ...  11 

when  in  doubt  concerning  correctness  of  bill,  to  report  to 

city  council        ........  35 

on  accounts.     See  ACCOUNTS,  COMMITTEE  ON. 


INDEX. 


UNIVERSITY 


COMMON   COUNCIL 

to  consist  of  twenty  persons       .         . 

with  board  of  aldermen,  to  compose  city  council 

majority  of,  to  constitute  a  quorum   . 

no  member  of,  to  receive  compensation     .... 

members  of,  how  apportioned 

to  be  residents  in  the  ward 

election  of  members    ...... 

present  apportionment  to  hold  until  1895   .... 

new  apportionment  to  be  made  every  five  years 

failure  to  elect 

refusal  to  accept 

removal  from  ward  not  to  affect,  etc.         .... 

change  of  ward  boundaries  not  to  affect,  etc. 

shall  meet  mayor  and  aldermen  in  convention  in  January 

may  employ  and  remove  clerks  and  attendants 

may  fill  vacancies  in  offices  filled  by  them 

city  messenger  shall  attend  all  meetings    .... 

to  be  sworn          .        .        .        .        .        .        .        .        . 

certificate  of  oath        ........ 

shall  sit  separately,  except 

to  choose  a  president 

his  duties     .......... 

to  choose  a  clerk          .        .        .        .        ... 

salary  of  clerk 

to  be  sworn ..." 

his  duties 

sittings  of,  to  be  public  except   .        .        . 

to  judge  of  election  and  qualification  of  its  members 

vacancy  in 

special  meetings  of,  how  called 

members  of,  not  to  hold  offices  of  emolument   . 
may  call  for  information  from  officers  and  subordinates 
shall  take  no  part  in  employment  of  labor  or  ia  appoint- 
ment and  removal  of  officers,  etc 


COMMON   SEWERS.     See  SEWERS. 
COMMONS  AND  PUBLIC  GROUNDS. 

MENT. 

COMPENSATION.     See  SALARIES. 


See  STREET  DEPART- 


COMPENSATION 

no  member  of  city  council  to  receive  . 

of  clerk  fixed  by  committee  on  finance        ....... 

concerning  small  loans,  regulations    .        .        .        , 

CONDUCTORS,  also  see  CONSTRUCTION  OF  BUILDINGS  DEPART- 
MENT. 
not  to  direct  water  upon  a  sidewalk 

CONDUITS.     See  CITY  ELECTRICAL  DEPARTMENT. 

CONSTABLES 

warrants  for  elections  to  be  served  by 
warrants  for  general  meetings  to  be  served  by  . 
appointed  by  mayor 


4 
4 
8 
8 

4-170 

4 

4 

4 

4 

5 

5 

5 

5 

5 

12 

12 

41 

o 

6 

4 

12 

12 

12 

160 

12 

12 

8 

12 

5 

6 

11 

13 

11 


8 

156 
211 


135 


171 

172 

23 


238  INDEX. 

PAGE 

CONSTRUCTION  OF  WORDS  AND  TERMS  ....  20 

CONTINUANCE 

of  pay  of  city  employees      .......  196 

employee  injured  shall  petition  city  council        .        .        .  196 

petition  shall  give  time  and  place,  etc 196 

petition  referred  to  committee  on  claims    ....  196 

city  physician  and  city  solicitor  to  be  notified    .        .        .  196 

investigation  relative  to  injury 196 

hearing  before  committee  on  claims   .....  196 

report  of  committee,  if  in  favor,  etc.          ....  196 

amount  to  be  recorded  and  verified  by  department     .        .  196 
certificate  from  head  of   department  before  payment  is 

made 196 

injured  person  to  give  receipt  and  release  in  full        .         .  196 

further  payment  should  disability  continue        .        .        .  196 

CONTRACTS 

-    by  whom  made 13 

to  be  accompanied  by  bond          .        .                 .        .        .  157 
to  be  executed  in  triplicate  and  one  copy  deposited  with 

the  auditor         .        .        .        .        .        .        .  157 

not  to  be  made  for  more  than  one  year,  except  .        .        .  158 

advertisements  for  proposals,  etc 157 

plans,  specifications,  and  schedules  to  be  prepared  when 

advertisements  are  made   ......  157 

above  $300  in  amount  to  be  in  writing        ....  158 

above  $300  in  amount  to  be  approved  by  mayor         .        .        13-156 

no  proposals  for,  to  be  accepted  from  certain  parties        .  157 
proposals  for,  to  be  under  seal,  and  placed  in  a  sealed  box 

of  which  the  clerk  of  committees  shall  hold  the  key  157 

proposals  for,  how  opened,  etc.           .....  157 

to  be  awarded  to  the  lowest  bidder 157 

proposals  for,  may  be  rejected 157 

bids  to  be  preserved  and  open  to  public  inspection     ,         .  158 

not  to  be  altered  without  consent 158 

payments  for  extra  work,  when  made        ....  158 
to  provide  that  in  case  of  alteration,  portion  not  affected 

shall  remain  in  force          .        .        ...         .        .  158 

payment  for  work  under  alterations  not  to  be  made  until 

completion  of  whole  contract,  etc.     .               .        .  158 

involving  employment  of  labor  to  contain  certain  provisions  158 

not  to  exceed  appropriations 159 

three-fourths  of  amount  of,  may  be  advanced  how    .        .  33 

CONVENTION 

city  clerk  to  attend  all  meetings  of  both  branches  of  city 

council  in  .........  39 

to  keep  records  of  such  meetings        .....  39 

for  organizing  city  government 5 

of  mayor  and  city  council  to  be  held  first  Monday  in  Jan- 
uary    5 

oath  to  be  administered  at  .......  5 

certificate  of  oath 6 

members  not  present,  to  be  sworn  subsequently        .        .  6 


INDEX. 


239 


CONVEYANCES,     See  DEEDS. 
COUNCIL,  CITY.     See  CITY  COUNCIL. 

COWS 

not  to  be  allowed  to  feed  or  go  at  large  in  the  streets      .  187 

CROTCH 

possession  of,  on  streets  forbidden    ....  189 

DEAD.    See  CEMETERY  DEPARTMENT.     UNDERTAKERS. 

DEATHS 

to  be  reported  to  undertakers      ......  185 

fees  of  undertakers  for  making  returns  of,  how  paid        .  185 

DEBTS.     See  SINKING  FUND  DEPARTMENT. 
DECEASED  SOLDIERS.     See  SOLDIERS. 

DEEDS,  ETC. 

given  by  the  city  to  be  executed  by  mayor         .        .        .  8-22 

of  cemetery  lots,  etc.,  how  executed  and  recorded    .        .  37 

DEEDS  IN  TRUST  OF  LOTS  IN  CEMETERY.     See  CEME- 
TERY DEPARTMENT. 

DEFINITIONS  OF  WORDS  AND  TERMS       ....  20 

DEFACING 

property,  forbidden 188 

DEPARTMENTS,  also  see  UNDER  the  VARIOUS  TITLES. 

creation  of  the  several        .......  21 

mayor  may  summon  heads  of,  for  consultation  ...  6 

shall  account  to  city  council  for  moneys    ....  9 

shall  make  reports 9- 

heads  of,  etc.,  to  appoint  subordinates,  except,  etc.          .  13 

such  appointments  and  removals  to  be  certified  to  mayor  .  13 

causes  of  removal  to  be  assigned  in  writing     ...  13 

officers  at  head  of,  to  make  contracts         ....  13 

shall  have  care,  etc.,  of  public  works,  etc.        ...  13 

shall  control  executive  business  ......  13 

shall  be  accountable  to  mayor 13 

shall  furnish  information  to  mayor  and  city  council .        .  13 
shall  make  no  expenditure  beyond  appropriation       .        .        13-159 

not  to  expend  money  until  appropriated    ....  158 
not  to  expend  more  than  $300  for  one  purpose  without 

approval  of  mayor,  except  .  .  .  .  -  .  156 
shall  furnish  annual  estimates  to  mayor  in  January  .  .  13-159 
may  license  anything  prohibited  from  being  done  without 

their  permission * ,  20 

each  to  be  under  charge  of  boards  and  officers  designated,  21 

all  to  be  under  control  of  mayor        .....  21 

method  of  book-keeping  to  be  determined  by  the  com- 
mittee on  accounts    .......  33 

shall  certify  pay-rolls  of  employees    .....  33 


240  INDEX. 

DEPARTMENTS—  Continued. 

heads  of,  shall  approve  bills  in  their  departments      .        .  35 

shall  keep  records  of  all  contracts,  etc.      ....  35 

duties  of       ..........  35 

shall  certify  all  bills 35 

to  be  held  responsible  for  damages  for  one  year  after 

opening 131 

heads  of,  to  have  control  of  their  appropriation         .         .  156 
shall  be  governed  in  their  purchases  by  the  provisions  of 

chapter  27          ........  157 

shall  advertise  for  proposals 157 

shall  send  copy  of  advertisement  to  auditor       ...  157 

plans  to  be  shown  to  bidder        ......  157 

bond  required       .......                  .  157 

See  CONTRACTS. 

cause  of  removal  of  subordinates  to  be  entered  in  record  158 

what  records  to  be  kept  and  open  to  public       ...  159 

licenses  to  contain  certain  conditions         ....  159 

shall  give  certificate  before  payment  is  made  to  city  em- 
ployees injured  in  performance  of  duty   .        .         .  196 
amount  shall  be  recorded  and  verified  by  heads  of     .        .  196 
See  BOAHDS,  OFFICERS. 

DEPUTY     COLLECTORS    OF    TAXES.          See     TREASURY 
DEPARTMENT. 

DIRT 

not  to  be  placed  in  drinking  fountains,  etc.,  in  streets      .  189 

house  dirt,  how  removed     .......  135 

DISORDERLY   CONDUCT 

in  streets  forbidden     .         .        .        .  .        .        .  189 

DOGS 

license  fees  to  be  received  by  treasurer      .        .        .         .  140 

how  credited 140 

appointment  of  person  to  receive  information  of  damage 

done  by 23 

not  to  be  allowed  to  walk,  etc.,  on  flower-beds  on  com- 
mons, etc.          .        .        .         .        .        .         .        .  191 

barking,  etc.,  not  to  be  kept  in  the  city,  and  penalty  for 

keeping 177 

DOORS.     See  CONSTRUCTION  OF  BUILDINGS  DEPARTMENT. 

not  to  swing  over  sidewalks 132 

DRAIN  LAYERS.     See  SEWER  DEPARTMENT. 

DOCUMENTS   AND   PRINTED   MATTER 

to  be  kept  by  city  messenger      ......  41 

DRAINS 

See  CONSTRUCTION  OF  BUILDING. 
See  SEWER  DEPARTMENT. 

DRIVING 

fast,  prohibited  on  drivewray  of  Fresh  Pond      .         .        .  192 

in  streets 187 


INDEX. 


241 


DWELLING-HOUSES.       See   CONSTRUCTION    OF    BUILDINGS 
DEPARTMENT. 

DUTIES   AND    SALARIES 

ordinance  relating  to  .         ...         .         .         .         .        .  155 

ELECTIONS 

warrants  for 3-171 

aldermen  to  fix  time  for  opening  and  closing  polls  at        .  171 

day  of  holding  city  election         ......  4 

of  mayor      ..........  5 

of  aldermen          ......'...  5 

of  common  councilmen        .......  5 

to  be  holden  in  pursuance  of  warrants       ....  5 

failure  to  elect  mayor  or  aldermen 5 

vacancy  in  city  council        .......  5 

city  council  may  provide  for  election  of  necessary  officers  12 
votes  on  elections  and  confirmation  of  city  officers  to  be 

public 8 

members  of  city  council  ineligible  to  offices  of  emolument  1 1 

if  person  elected  refuses  to  accept     ......  5 

for  choice  of  city  officers.     See  UNDER  THEIR  DIFFER- 
ENT TITLES. 

See  WARRANTS  AND  ELECTIONS. 

election  officers,  salary  of 162 

ELECTRIC  LIGHT   COMPANIES.       See  CITY    ELECTRICAL 
DEPARTMENT. 

EMERGENCY  FUND 

payments  from •  '  .  33 

EMPLOYEES 

payment  of 33-35-141 

office  hours  of,  how  fixed    .        .        .        .        .  '      .        .  156 

weekly  pay  rolls  ........  36 

non-residents  not  to  be  employed        .        .        .        .        .  156 

continuance  of  pay  of          .         .         .         .         .         .        .  196 

EMPLOYERS 

liable  for  penalty  if  their  employees  violate  an  ordinance  20 

ENGINE  COMPANIES.     See  FIRE  DEPARTMENT. 

ENGINEERING  DEPARTMENT.      Also  see  SEWER  DEPART- 
MENT. 

creation  of  .........  21 

under  charge  of  what  officer       ......  21-43 

under  control  of  mayor        .         .        .         .         .         .         .  21 

ordinance  in  relation  to 43 

appointment  of  city  engineer 24 

tenure  of  office  of         ...                  ....  43 

duties  of       ......                 ...  43 

salary  of      ..........  161 

office  hours  of      .........  155 

to  furnish  lines  and  grades  of  streets  when  parties  intend- 
ing to  build 44 


242  INDEX. 

ENGINEERING  DEPARTMENT—  Continued. 

to  notify  mayor  when  street  is  encroached  upon        .         .  25 

to  make  and  have  charge  of  plans  of  streets,  etc       .        .  43 

to  examine  all  bridges  annually           .....  44 

shall  supervise  repairs  of  bridges       .....  43 

to  make  annual  reports 44 

may  permit  construction  of  conduits  from   vaults  into 

common  sewers         .......  54 

to  have  charge  of  construction  of  public  works  .  .  43 
shall  measure  work  done  by  contract  when  required  .  43 
shall  make  such  surveys,  plans,  etc.,  as  may  be  required  .  43 
shall  not  interfere  with  existing  departments  ...  44 
shall  give  information  of  lines  and  grades  of  streets  with- 
out charge 44 

shall  notify  mayor  of  encroachments  on  streets         .        .  44 

engineer  shall  have  charge  of  sewer  department        .        .  122 
shall  consult  and  arrange  with  superintendent  of  streets 

when  openings  are  to  be  made  for  sewers       .  129 
shall  ascertain  proper  foundation  grade  for  superstructure 

of  buildings  erected  by  the  city        ....  44 
shall  perform  work  within  province  of  civil  engineer, 

required  by  board  of  park  commissioners        .        .  118 
shall  issue  permits,  under  direction  of  board  of  health,  for 

construction  of  connections  of  vaults  with  sewers  .        54-125 

ENGINEERS    OF    THE  FIRE    DEPARTMENT.      See    FIRE 
DEPARTMENT. 

ENGINEMEN.     See  FIRE  DEPARTMENT. 

ESTIMATES  FROM  HEADS  OF  DEPARTMENTS 

of  the  amount  of  money  necessary  to  be  raised  for  annual 

expenditures  of  the  city,  furnished  the  mayor     .  13 
mayor  to  examine  the  same  and  submit  them  to  the  city 

council       .........  13 

city  council  thereupon  to  make  appropriations  ...  13 

EXECUTIVE 

ordinance  in  relation  to 22 

chief  executive  officer  to  be  the  mayor       ....  6-21 

he  shall  cause  laws,  ordinances,  etc.,  to  be  enforced         .  22 

shall  exercise  supervision  and  control  over  officers    .        .  6-22 

shall  cause  violations  and  neglect  of  duty  to  be  punished  .  6-22 

may  summon  heads  of  departments,  etc.,  before  him         .  6-22 

may  call  special  meetings  of  city  council  or  of  either  board  22 
shall  communicate  to  both  boards  information  concerning 

the  city 22 

shall  fill  vacancies  for  unexpired  term        ....  22 

shall  designate  temporary  officers       .....  22 

shall  approve  bonds  of  city  officers 22 

shall  execute  deeds,  etc.,  on  behalf  of  city         .        .        .  8-22 

shall  execute  deeds  of  burial  lots 37 

shall  discharge  mortgages,  etc 23 

may  assign  mortgages,  when      .                 ....  23 


INDEX. 

PAGE 

EXECUTIVE—  Continued. 

may  release  tax  titles 23 

shall  approve  auditor's  drafts 23 

shall  sign  all  bonds,  notes,  etc.,  of  city      ....  8-23 
shall  designate  stations  for  detention  of  women  under 

arrest 25 

shall  designate  persons  to  cause  to  be  interred  indigent 

deceased  soldiers .  25 

shall  fill  vacancies  in  police  and  fire  departments        .        .  25 
shall  direct  the  removal  of  buildings  encroaching  upon 

the  streets           ........  25 

may  draw  order  for  payment  of  money      ....  33 

may  draw  order  for  money  due  in  advance  on  contracts    .  33 
his  written  order  on  treasurer  required  for  payment  of 

money,  except  in  certain  cases          ....  33 
with  aldermen  and  common  council,  to  have  government 

of  city 4 

election  of  mayor 5 

failure  to  elect      .                         ......  5 

refusal  to  accept          ........  5 

vacancy  in  office  of       ........  5 

to  be  sworn 5 

certificate  of  oath 6 

powrers  and  duties  of   ........  4-22 

shall  nominate  for  all  appointments  made  by  mayor  and 

aldermen 

ex-officio,  chairman  of  school  committee    ....  6 

salary  of 8-16Q 

salary  not  to  be  increased  or  diminished  during  contin- 
uance in  office 8 

general  duties       .........  G 

chief  engineer  to  notify  of  increase  of  pay  of  members  of 

fire  department           .......  162 

surveyor  of  highways          .......  0-138 

powers  to  be  exercised  through  whom       ....  6 

to  have  general  supervision  and  control      ....  6 

to  have  control  of  police  force     ......  6 

may  call'special  meetings  of  either  branch          ...  6 

may  call  special  meetings  of  both  branches        ...  6 

shall  communicate  information  to  city  council  .         .  6 

shall  recommend  measures  to  city  council          ...  6 
shall  appoint  certain  officers        ......      23-24-25 

appointment  of  officers  to  be  confirmed       ....  6 

appointment  of  officers  not  to  be  acted  on  for  one  week    .  7 

may  remove  certain  officers  with  approval,  etc.          .        .  7 

shall  assign  cause  of  removal  of  officers     ....  25 

shall  record  causes  of  removal  of  officers  ....  25 

shall  meet  with  the  city  council  in  convention  at  first 

meeting      .........  5 

shall  approve  ordinances,  orders,  etc.         ....  7 

veto  power 7 

partial  veto 7 

shall  keep  a  record  of  official  acts        .....  8 

may  appoint  a  clerk 8 


244  INDEX. 

EXECUTIVE—  Continued. 

shall  make  reports  to  city  council  on  request     . 

shall  not  be  a  member  of  the  board  of  aldermen  nor  pre- 
side at  any  meeting  nor  appoint  any  committee 

shall  call  for  information  from  officers  and  subordinates  . 

shall  approve  contracts  exceeding  $300      .... 

shall  examine  estimates  of  departments  and  submit  them 
to  the  city  council 

to  have  control  of  the  several  departments 

shall  finally  decide  doubtful  accounts          .... 

may  draw  orders  for  weekly  payments  of  wages 

may  draw  orders  for  payment  of  school  teachers 

may  draw  orders  for  payment  of  state  and  military  aid     . 

may  draw  orders  for  payment  of  emergencies    . 

may  approve  of  sub  auditor 

shall  sign  warrants  of  officers  and  members  of  fire  de- 
partment .........  45 

shall  be  a  trustee  of  the  Bridge  Charitable  Fund  and 

chairman 173 

shall  be  a  trustee  of  the  Sanders  Temperance  Fund  and 

chairman 174 

may  draw  draft  for  sum  due  for  interest  on  Cambridge 

Water  Loan .  146 

EXECUTIVE  POWERS 

vested  in  mayor 6 

to  be  exercised  through  whom 6 

EXHAUSTS,  STEAM 125 

EXPENDITURES 

not  to  be  incurred  in  excess  of  appropriations   ...  13 

annual  account  of,  to  be  published      .....  9 

exceeding  $300  to  be  approved  by  mayor    ....  13 

FAST  DRIVING 

prohibited  on  driveway  of  Fresh  Pond       ....  192 

in  streets      ...  .  ....  187 

;  FEES 

received  by  city  officers  on  behalf  of  the  city  to  be  paid 

daily  to  treasurer,  and  reported  to  the  auditor     10-39-142-155 
received  by  police  officers,  except,  etc.,  to  be  paid  weekly 

to  treasurer 155 

treasurer  shall  report  fees  to  auditor,  monthly  .        .        .  142 

officers  and  boards  receiving,  shall  keep  record  of     .        .  155 

city  clerk  and  treasurer  to  make  annual  statement  to  the 
city  council  of  all  fees  and  perquisites  received  by 

them 155 

chief  of  police  to  make  similar  return  of  the  fees  and 

perquisites  received  by  members  of  the  police  force  155 

of  weighers  of  hay,  etc 168 

of  undertakers 185-186 

FENCE 

required  in  certain  cases  while  building      ....      130-133 
when  street  is  unsafe,  etc.  .        .        128-130-133 


INDEX.  245 

PAGE 

FENCE   VIEWERS 

appointment  of 23 

FIELD   DRIVERS 

appointment  of     .........  23 

FINANCE,  COMMITTEE  ON 

of  whom  to  consist      ........  160 

when  appointed 160 

duties  of 160 

to  fix  compensation  of  clerks 156 

to  approve  compensation  of  janitors 162 

to  approve  pay  of  officers,  etc. ,  of  water  works  department  144 
to  prescribe  the  amount  of  interest  to  be  paid  by  the  com- 
missioners on  sinking  funds     .....  127 

FINANCIAL  YEAR.     See  YEAR. 

to  begin  December  1 13-34-139 

FINES 

for  violation  of  ordinances,  etc.,  to  inure  to  use  of  city    .  20 
See  PENALTIES. 

FIRE  ALARM  TELEGRAPH.     See  CITY  ELECTRICAL  DEPART- 
MENT. 

in  charge  of  city  electrician        ......  105 

rules  concerning,  how  made        .        .        .        .        .        .  51 

rules  for  giving  alarms  of  fire '  51 

FIRE   ARMS 

not  to  be  discharged  in  city  limits 188 

FIRE   DEPARTMENT 

creation  of 21 

under  charge  of  what  officers 9-21-45 

under  control  of  mayor 21 

ordinance  in  relation  to 45 

how  constituted           .......  45 

appointment  of 25 

chief  engineer,  powers  and  duties  of          .        .        .        .  45-46 

salary  of  chief  engineer      .        .        ...        .        .        .  161 

salaries  of  members  of        .        .        .                 .        .        .  161 

chief  engineer  to  certify  all  bills  monthly  ....  46 

shall  make  an  annual  report 46 

shall  supervise  and  repair  fire  apparatus    ....  46 

shall  have  direction  of  firemen 46 

shall  transit  returns  of  officers,  apparatus,  etc.,  to  city 

council 46 

shall  keep  rolls  of  the  several  fire  companies     ...  46 

shall  report  all  accidents  by  fire,  annually          ...  46 

warrants  of  engineers  and  call  district  chiefs    ...  45 

engineers,  shall  have  powers,  of  fire  wards,  etc.       .        .  9 

duties  of  engineers  and  call  district  chiefs         .        .         .  45-46 

in  absence  of  chief  engineer,  next  in  rank  to  act       .  47 

qualifications  of  members 47 

steam  fire-engine  companies,  of  what  to  consist       .        .  47 


246  INDEX. 

PAGE 

FIRE   DEPARTMENT—  Continued. 

duties  of  enginemen  and  drivers  of  engine  companies       .  47-48 

hook  and  ladder  companies,  of  what  to  consist         .        .  48 

duties  of  companies  in  case  of  fire 50 

removal  of  officers  and  members        .....  7-45-49 

transfer  of  members  and  record  thereof    ....  50 

suspension  of  officers  and  members 50 

terms  of  service           ........  45-49 

vacancies 45-49 

duty  of  captains  at  fires 50 

member  may  retire  from  service  after  age  of  sixty  years 

is  reached           ........  47 

members  before  receiving  appointment  to  be  subjected  to 

physical  examination 47 

in  absence  of  engineman,  ass't  engineman  to  have  care  of 

engine  house,  etc 48 

company  in  charge  of  Hayes  truck  to  consist  of  48 

duties  of  driver  and  tillerman     ......  49 

mayor  to  be  notified  of  increase  of  pay  of  members  162 

who  shall  act  in  captain's  absence 50 

companies  not  to  impose  fines 50 

clerk  of  companies  to  record  absences        ....  49-50 

deduction  to  be  made  from  pay  for  unexcused  absences  50 

absence  of  members,  etc.,  from  fires  to  be  recorded        .  49-50 

permanent  men  to  wear  uniform 50 

members  to  wear  badges  at  fires 50 

no  intoxicating  liquors  or  gambling  allowed  in  houses      .  51 

companies  not  to  leave  city  without  permission        .        .  51 

refreshments,  rules  as  to 50 

fire-alarm  telegraph,  rules  of 51 

signal-boxes  and  poles  of  fire-alarm  telegraph  not  to  be 

interfered  with,  etc.  107 

regulations  for  government  of  fire  department          .        .  9 

office  hours  of  chief     ........  156 

chief  engineer  shall  examine  buildings  where  petroleum, 

etc  ,  is  kept 183 

shall  report  in  writing 183 

shall  make  complaint  for  violation  of  ordinance        .        .  184 
apparatus     .......... 

what  officers  to  have  command  at  fires       ....  46-47 

permanent  men 47-48 

captains  and  lieutenants,  their  duties  47 

chemical  engine  companies  how  constituted      ...  47 
duties  of    officers  and    members  of  hook  and    ladder 

companies 48-49 

captains  to  keep  rolls  of  companies 49 

shall  make  returns  to  chief 49 

transfers  and  suspensions  to  be  forwarded  to  mayor  49 

combustible  materials,  rules  as  to 

general  rules  and  regulations,  respecting,  to  be  subject  to 

approval  of  city  council 51 

absences  from  meetings  to  be  recorded      ....  50 

fire-alarm  telegraph  in  charge  of  inspector  of  wires 

candidates  to  be  examined  by  city  physician    .        .        .  108 


INDEX.  247 

PAGE 

FIRE   DEPARTMENT—  Continued. 

pensions  for  members  of  lire  department         ...  51 

petitions  for    .........  51 

restrictions  on        ........  52 

city  physician  shall  examine,  etc.  .....  52 

chief  engineer  shall  furnish  statement         ...  52 

amount  of  pension  not  to  exceed,  etc.  ...  52 

FIRE   BELTS.     See  FIRE  STOPS. 
FIRE   GUARDS.     See  FIRE  STOPS. 

FIRE   LINES 51 

no  person  other  than  tiremen>  etc.,  allowed  within    .        .          -51 

FIREMEN,   PENSIONS  FOR.     See  FIRE  DEPARTMENT. 

FIRE  STOPS 

when  required      .....*... 

FISH,  COMMITTEE  FOR  THE  PRESERVATION  OF 

appointment  of     .         .        .         .         .         .         .         .        .  23 

FLOORS 

construction  of    ......... 

FLUES 

regulations  as  to .        .        .        .        .        .        .        .        . 

FOOT  BALL.     See  BALL. 

FOUNDATIONS.     See  CONSTRUCTION  OP  BUILDINGS. 

FOUNDATION  WALLS.     See  CONSTRUCTION  OF  BUILDINGS. 

FOUNTAINS 

for  drinking,  not  to  be  contaminated .        .        .        .        .  189 

for  private  fountains,  see  WATER  WOKKS  DEPARTMENT 

FOWLS 

not  to  go  at  large  in  streets         .        *        .  _    .        .  187 

FRESH  POND 

constituted  a  reservoir,  storage  basin,  and  water  supply 

for  city  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  192 

fishing,  swimming,  bathing,  boating,  etc  ,  in,  forbidden   .  192 

throwing  dirt,  etc.,  in,  or  on  land,  etc.,  appurtenant  to, 

forbidden 192 

going  upon  the  ice  of,  except  to  skate,  forbidden      .        .  192 

using  sleds,  ice  boats,  etc  ,  on  the  ice  of,  forbidden  .       -.  192 

skating  allowed  on,  under  regulations  of  the  water  board  192 

teams  conveying  burdens  not  to  be  driven  upon  the  drive- 
way of 192 

funeral  processions  not  to  be  driven  upon  the  driveway  of  192 

fast  driving  on  driveway  of,  prohibited     ....  192 

trees,  etc.,  on  land  and  driveway  appurtenant  thereto  not 

to  be  injured 192 

sward,  gravel,  etc.,  on  such  land  and  driveway  not  to  be 

dug  or  carried  away  .......  192 


248  INDEX. 

FRESH   POND—  Continued. 

climbing,  or  tying  horses  to  trees,  etc.,  on  such  land  for- 
bidden       .  192 

posting  bills,  etc.,  within  grounds  of,  prohibited       .        .  192 

penalty  for  violating  provisions  relating  to        .        .        .  192' 

FUEL 

not  to  remain  unnecessarily  in  the  streets  over  night         .  134 

if  in  street  over  night  to  be  lighted 134 

FUNERALS.      See    CEMETERY    DEPARTMENT,    ALSO    UNDER- 
TAKERS. 

FURNACES.    See  CONSTRUCTION  OF  BUILDINGS. 

GAMING 

forbidden 188 

GAS 

shut-oft'  in  supply  pipes  outside  of  building         ...  178 

when  furnished  to  public  building,  etc.,  must  have  shut-off  178 

expense  of  shut-off  to  be  borne  by  person  or  company 

supplying  . 178 

GATES 

not  to  swing  over  streets        .......  132 

GENERAL  MEETINGS  OF  VOTERS 

when  to  be  held 172 

form  of  warrants  for 172 

warrants  for,  how  served   .         .        .  •       .        .        .        .  172 

proceedings  at •  172 

duties  of  city  clerk  at 172 

record  of  proceedings  of,  to  be  kept  .  .  172 

GENERAL  PROVISIONS  CONCERNING  BY-LAWS       .         .  19 

GENERAL  REGULATIONS  FOR  STREETS,  COMMONS,  ETC.  187 

GOATS 

not  to  go  at  large  on  sidewalks 187 

GONGS 

ringing  of  prohibited,  except 193 

violation  of  ordinance          .......  193 

GRADE.     See  CONSTRUCTION  OF  BUILDINGS. 

to  be  furnished  by  city  engineer 44 

GRATES 

in  streets  regulated .        .  133 

GRAVES.     See  CEMETERY  DEPARTMENT. 

GUARD-RAIL 

to  be  placed  round  manhole,  when  opened          ...  110 

GUIDE-BOARDS 

not  to  be  injured,  etc.          .......  188 


INDEX.  249 

GUIDE-POSTS 

not  to  be  injured,  etc. 188 

GUNPOWDER  AND  EXPLOSIVE  COMPOUNDS 

regulations  for  keeping 179 

transportation  of 179 

regulations  concerning  vehicles  containing        .        .        .  179 

inspection  of  vehicles  containing 179 

chief  engineer  of  fire  department  to  be  notified  of  place 

of  keeping 179-180 

GUNS 

not  to  be  discharged  in  city  limits 188 

HACKNEY  CARRIAGES 

regulations  concerning  use  of  streets  by    .        .        .        .  207 

HARBOR  MASTER 

appointment  of 25 

HAND  CARTS.     See  VEHICLES. 

HAY  WEIGHERS 

appointment  of 23 

HEALTH  DEPARTMENT 

creation  of  .........        ;  21 

under  charge  of  what  officers 21-53 

under  control  of  mayor 21 

ordinance  in  relation  to        ........  53 

HEALTH,  BOARD  OF 

appointment  of    .         .         .         .         .         .         .         .        .  24-53 

may  be  removed,  how 7 

of  whom  to  consist      ....                 ...  53 

term  of  office 53 

duties  and  powers  of           .        .         .        .                 .  53 

may  call  upon  officers  of.  and  departments  to  aid  it .        .  53 

present  powers  continued 14 

members  to  serve  without  compensation   ....  53 

suitable  accommodations  to  be  furnished  to               .        .  53 

to  make  annual  report  to  city  council          ....  53 
to  make  contracts  and  regulations  for  cleaning  cesspools, 

vaults,  etc 53 

all  such  contracts  to  be  conditioned  that  work  be  done  to 

its  satisfaction  ........  53 

to  keep  account  of  work  done  by  it  and  deliver  bills  for 

same  to  treasurer 53 

to  report  list  of  such  bills  to  auditor  monthly    ...  53 
to  direct  city  engineer  as  to  permits  for  construction  of 

connections  of  vaults  with  sewers    ....  54-125 

dealers  in  ice  to  register  at  office  of    .        .        .        .        .  165 

to  examine  ice .  165 

shall  investigate  sources  of  supply 165 

shall  prohibit  sale  if  impure 165 


250 


INDEX. 


HEARSES 

not  to  be  driven  on  driveway  of  Fresh  Fond     . 
See  UNDERTAKERS. 

HEARTHS.     See  CONSTRUCTION  OF  BUILDINGS 

HEATING  APPARATUS.     See  CONSTRUCTION  OF  BUILDINGS. 

HIGHWAYS.     See  STREET  DEPARTMENT. 

HORSE-RAILROADS.      See   STREET  RAILWAYS  AND   STREET 
DEPARTMENT. 

HORSES 

not  to  be  tied  to  trees  upon  commons,  etc. 
not  to  be  permitted  on  commons,  etc.,  except,  etc     .         . 
not  to  be  allowed  ti  go  at  large  or  feed  on  commons,  etc. 
fast  driving  of,  forbidden  on  driveway  of  Fresh  Pond 
not  to  be  tied  to  trees,  etc.,  on  grounds  appurtenant  to 

Fresh  Pond 

not  to  be  allowed  to  go  at  large  or  graze  on  streets  . 
fast  driving  of,  forbidden  in  streets  ..... 
not  to  be  stopped  on  flagging  stones  ..... 
not  to  be  wantonly  frightened  in  streets    .... 
not  to  be  cleaned  in  streets         ....         . 

not  to  be  tied  to  trees  in  streets 

not  to  be  allowed  to  stand  near  trees  in  streets 
See  VEHICLES.     STREET  DEPARTMENT. 

HOSE 

water  board  may  restrict  the  use  of 

HOSEMEN.     See  FIRE  DEPARTMENT. 

HOT-AIR  REGISTERS.     See  CONSTRUCTION  OF  BUILDINGS. 

HOURS 

office,  at  the  city  hall  ........ 

HOURS  OF  LABOR 

for  laborers  and  mechanics,  nine  hours      .... 

HYDRANTS 

to  be  constructed  by  water  board       ..... 

to  be  repaired  by  water  board 

injury  to.  prohibited 

opening  of,  except  in  case  of  fire,  prohibited     . 

yard  hydrants 


PAGE 
102 


ICE 


not  to  be  thrown  into  street  without  being  broken  up 

sidewalks  encumbered  with,  to  be  made  safe 

who  responsible  for  removal  of      ..... 

penalty 

sale  and  delivery  of,  regulations  for  sale  and  delivery  of 
dealers,  etc.  to  register  sources  of  supply 
registration  to  be  subscribed  and  sworn  to 

board  of  health  to  examine  ice 

samples  to  be  taken  for  analysis         .... 


11)0 
190 
190 
192 

192 

187 
187 
187 
187 

188 
187 
187 


149 


155 
156 

145 
145 
147 
147 
153 

134 
136 
136 

136-137 
165 
165 
1(55 
165 
165 


INDEX.  .  251 

PAGE 

ICE—  Continued. 

board  of  health  to  prohibit  sale,  if  impure        .        .        .  165 

notice  to  be  given  of  such  prohibiton          ....  165 

penalty          ..........  165 

INAUGURATION  OF  CITY  GOVERNMENT 

to  be  in  convention      ........  5 

members  to  be  sworn  ........  5 

record  of  oaths  to  be  made          ......  6 

INSPECTION  AND  CONSTRUCTION  OF  BUILDINGS  DE- 
PARTMENT. See  SPECIAL  INDEX  following. 

INSPECTION  AND  SUPERVISION  OF  ELECTRIC  WIRE 
DEPARTMENT.  See  also  CITY  ELECTRICAL  DE- 
PARTMENT. 

creation  of 21 

under  charge  of  what  officer 21 

under  control  of  mayor 21 

inspector  or  wires,  appointment  of     .....  25 

INSPECTOR  OF  MILK  AND  VINEGAR  DEPARTMENT 

creation  of 21 

under  charge  of  what  officer 21-1 12 

under  control  of  mayor       .......  21 

ordinance  in  relation  to               .        .        .        .        .  112 

appointment  of  inspector    .        .        .        .        .        .        .  23 

shall  be  sworn 112 

term  of  office       .........  112 

salary  of               . 162 

powers  and  duties  of  inspector 112 

shall  make  annual  report  and  inventory      ....  112 

INSPECTORS 

of  buildings,  appoinment 23 

junk,  etc .  23 

milk  and  vinegar          ........  23 

provisions,  etc '-.        .  24 

charcoal  measures 23 

of  wires ,        .  25 

INSPECTOR  OF  JUNK  SHOPS,  ETC. 

appointment  of 23 

of  pawnbrokers,  etc.  ........  23 

INSPECTION  OF  PROVISIONS  AND  ANIMALS  INTENDED 
FOR  SLAUGHTER  OR  KEPT  FOR  THE  PRO- 
DUCTION OF  MILK 

creation  of 21 

under  charge  of  what  officer       .        .        .        .        .        .  21-113 

under  control  of  mayor       .......  21 

ordinance  in  relation    .         .        .        .        .        .        .        .  113 

appointment  of  inspector    .......  24 

qualification  of  inspector     .......  113 

shall  be  swrorn 113 

term  of  office 113 

salary  of 162 

powers  and  duties 113 

shall  make  annual  report     .......  113 


252  INDEX. 

PAGE 

INTEREST 

due  on  notes  of  the  city  may  be  paid  without  mayor's 

order 34 

on  certain  payments  to  commissioners  of  the  sinking  funds,  127 
due  on  Cambridge  Water  Loans,  mayor  may  draw  draft 

for 146 

INTERMENT  OF   THE  DEAD.       See  UNDERTAKERS. 

INTELLIGENCE   OFFICES 

regulations  concerning 203 

JANITORS 

of  school-houses,  how  appointed  and  removed         .        .  12 

duties  of 12 

compensation 162 

of  public  buildings  other  than  school-houses      ...  162 

JOINT  CONVENTION.     See  CONVENTION. 

JUDGMENTS 

against  the  city  may  be  paid  without  mayor's  order        .  34 

JUNK   AND    SECOND-HAND    ARTICLES 

appointment  of  inspectors  of  dealers  in      ....  23 

dealers  in,  etc.,  to  be  licensed 181 

term  of  licenses 181 

fee  of  licenses 181 

to  keep  records  of  purchases  made  by  them     .        .  181 

to  have  signs  on  their  shops  with  their  names        .  181 

shops  of,  subject  to  inspection         ....  181 

not  to  purchase  from  minors    .....  182 
articles  purchased,  etc.,  not  to  be  sold  within  one 

week,  unless,  etc 182 

at  what  hours  shops  of,  to  be  kept  open        .        .  182 

collectors  of  junk  to  be  licensed       ....  181 

fee  for  collector's  license         .....  181 

vehicle  used  in  collection  of,  to  be  inspected   .  182 

to  have  name  and  number  on  ontside        .         .        .  182 

revocation  of  license         ......  182 

penalty 182 

KEEPER   OF   LOCK-UPS 

appointment  of     .........  23 

LABORERS 

who  shall  be  employed  as    .......  156 

working  day  for,  what  constitutes     .....  156 

contracts  for  employment  of 13 

no  member  of  city  council  to  take  part  in  employment  of  11 

LAMP  DEPARTMENT.     See  also  CITY  ELECTRICAL  DEPART- 
MENT. 

creation  of  ..........  21 

under  charge  of  what  officer 21 

under  control  of  mayor       .                                  ...  21 


INDEX. 


253 


LAMP  DEPARTMENT—  Continued. 

appointment  of  superintendent 24 

shall  consult  Supt.  of  Streets  when  street  is  to  be  dug  up  129 

lamps  not  to  be  injured,  etc.        ......  188 

public  lamps  in  streets,  not  to  be  extinguished  without 

authority 189 

LANES.     See  STREET  DEPARTMENT. 

LANGUAGE 

indecent,  etc.,  not  to  be  used  in  streets      ....  189 

LAW  DEPARTMENT 

creation  of  ..........  21 

under  charge  of  what  officer       ......        21-114 

under  control  of  mayor 21 

ordinance  in  relation  to 114 

election  of  city  solicitor      .......  10 

his  qualifications          ........         10-114 

tenure  of  office    .........         10-114 

salary  of 161 

duties  and  powers 114 

travelling  expenses  allowed        .        .        .        .        .        .  115 

to  approve  form  of  bond  for  auditor          ....  31 

to  approve  form  of  treasurer's  bond 140 

to  approve  form  of  bonds  of  city  clerk  and  assistant  city 

clerk 39-40 

to  approve  form  of  bond  of  persons  operating,  etc.,  tele- 
graphic, etc.,  lines  ....... 

vacancy 114 

shall  hold  no  other  office  under  city 114 

shall  draft  all  legal  instruments          .....  114 

shall  prosecute  all  actions  for  city      .....  114 

shall  defend  the  city,  etc 114 

shall  represent  the  city  before  the  legislature    ...  114 

shall  furnish  legal  opinions 114 

city  physician  shall  examine  parties  claiming  to  be  injured  198 
city  physician  shall  render  professional  aid  in  court  and 

otherwise 198 

city  solicitor  shall  certify  all  executions  to  treasurer 
city    solicitor  to  prepare  petition  for  injuries  of  city 

employees          ........  196 

city  solitor  to  direct  investigation               ....  196 

city  solicitor  to  make  report 196 

LEASES 

given  by  city,  how  executed 8 

LIBRARY,  PUBLIC.     SEE  PUBLIC  LIBRARY  DEPARTMENT. 

LICENSES 

when  act  is  prohibited  by  ordinance  without  license  of 
certain  officer  or  board,  such  officer  or  board  to 

have  power  to  grant 20 

for  stands  for  hackney  carriages,  etc 207 


254 


INDEX. 


LICENSES—  Continued. 

to  persons  to  use  and  drive  vehicles  for  conveyance  of 
persons  or  property  for  hire    ..... 
dealing,  etc.,  in  junk,  etc.,  prohibited  without  . 
for  carrying  on  business  of  a  pawnbroker 

to  manufacture,  etc.,  petroleum 

of  drain  layers     ......... 

to  dig  up,  etc.,  streets 109-124- 

to  obstruct  streets 

to  exhibit  animals  in  street         ...... 

to  move  buildings  through  streets      ..... 

to  put  plank  walks  on  sidewalks 

to  construct  coal-holes,  etc.,  in  sidewalks 

to  innholders,,  etc.,  granted  by  aldermen    .        .        . 

also  other  licenses , 

licenses  may  be  revoked  by  aldermen         .... 
no  private  drain  shall  enter  sewer  without  a  license  . 
licenses  shall  contain  certain  conditions     .... 
intelligence  offices,  regulations  concerning 
sales  by  minors,  regulations  concerning     .... 
billiard  and  other  amusement,  regulations  concerning 
pawnbrokers,  dealers  in  junk,  etc.,  regulations  concerning 
concerning  small  loans,  regulations    .        .        . 
issuing  of  subject  to  conditions          ..... 

not  to  be  valid  if  bond  is  not  given 

additional  sureties  to  be  given     ...... 

premises  to  be  restored  at  licensee's  cost  . 
sureties  to  be  examined  annually  by  author 
repeal  of  ordinances  inconsistent  with  .... 

LIGHTS.     See  STREET  DEPARTMENT. 

to  be  put  up  in  streets  when  unsafe   ..... 
penalty  for  extinguishing,  etc.,  such          .... 

LINE.     See  CONSTRUCTION  OF  BUILDINGS. 

of  street  to  be  obtained  before  building     .... 
city  engineer  to  furnish 

LITTER 

disposal  of  in  streets  and  commons 

LOANS 

small,  regulations  concerning 

LOANS,    VARIOUS 

for  what  time  to  be  negotiated 

treasurer  shall  negotiate  all        .  ... 

See  SINKING  FUND  DEPARTMENT. 

LOCKUPS,    KEEPER   OF 

appointment  of    ......... 

LUMBER.     See  CONSTRUCTION  OF  BUILDINGS. 

MATERIALS 

contracts  for        ......... 

schedules  of,  to  be  shown  to  parties  proposing  to  bid 

or  supplies,  proposals  for  furnishing         .... 


PAGE 


207 
181 
209 
183 
124 

129-130 
130 
187 

133-205 

134 

135 

12 

12 

12 

124 

124-159 
203 
205 
208 
209 
211 
166 
166 
166 
166 
166 
166 


129-30 
132 


44 
44 


194 
211 

126 
139 

23 


13 
157 
157 


MAYOR.     See  EXECUTIVE. 


INDEX.  255 

PAGE 


MEASURERS,    PUBLIC 

appointment  of 6-8-23 

MEASURERS   OF   WOOD    AND   BARK 

appointment  of 23 

MECHANICS'    WORK 

surveyors  of -      ...  23 

MEASURERS   OF  GRAIN 

appointment  of 23 

MEASURERS  AND  SURVEYORS 

appointment  of 23 

MEETINGS 

annual,  for  election,  when  holden 4 

all    general    and    ward,    to    be    holden    in    pursuance   of 

warrants 5 

warrant  for  general 5 

for  meetings  to  fill  vacancies 5 

precinct,  warrants  for 171 

how  issued  and  served 171 

general,  shall  be  called  at  request  of  thirty  voters         .        .  5 

how  served 172 

proceedings  at 172 

of  aldermen  to  be  presided  over  by  its  president    ...  11 

of  common  council  to  be  presided  over  by  its  president       .  12 

in  joint  convention  by  president  of  board  of  aldermen        .  11 

special,  of  either  board  may  be  called  by  mayor     ...  6 
special,  of  board  of  aldermen  may  be  called  by  president 

of  aldermen 11 

MESSENGER,  CITY.     See  CITY  MESSENGER  DEPARTMENT. 
METERS.    See  WATER  WORKS  DEPARTMENT. 
MILITARY  AID.    See  STATE  AID. 

MILK,    INSPECTOR    OF.      See   INSPECTION  OF  MILK   AND 

VINEGAR  DEPARTMENT. 
appointment  of 23 

MINORS 

dealers  in  junk  not  to  purchase  from 182 

pawnbrokers    not    to    receive    articles    in    pawn    from, 

except,  etc 211 

licenses,  regulations  concerning 205 

MONEY 

care  and  custody  of,  by  treasurer 139 

payment  of,  out  of  treasury 34 

of  city  in  hands  of  city  officers     .        .        .        .                .        .  155 

to  be  accounted  for  by  boards  and  officers       ....  9 

not  to  be  expended  in  excess  of  appropriation       ...  9 

officers  and  boards  reciving,  shall  keep  record  of          .        .  155 
all  persons  having  money  of  city  shall  pay  it  forthwith  to 

treasurer 155 


256  INDEX. 

MORTGAGES 

treasurer  shall  certify  payments  of,  to  mayor         .        .        .  141 

mayor  may  discharge 23 

mayor  may  assign 23 

MUNICIPAL  OFFICERS.    See  OFFICERS. 

MUNICIPAL  POWERS 4 

MONTHLY  MEETINGS  OF  EXECUTIVE  BOARDS  .  .  35 

of  aldermen  and  common  council  to  be  attended  by  the  city 

clerk 39 

of  aldermen  and  common  council  to  be  attended  by  the  city 

messenger 41 

MOVING  BUILDINGS.    See  BUILDINGS. 
MUNICIPAL  ELECTIONS.    See  ELECTIONS. 
MUNICIPAL  REGISTER 

MUNICIPAL  YEAR 

relating  to  terms  of  office,  beginning  and  end  of     ...  5 

NAPHTHA.    See  PETROLEUM. 

NON-ELECTION  OF  ELECTIVE  OFFICERS 

or  refusal  to  accept  office 5 

NOTES 

of  the  city  may  be  paid  without  mayor's  order       ...  34 

See  AUDITING  DEPARTMENT.    TREASURY  DEPARTMENT. 

OFFICE 

tenure  of,  under  previous  ordinances  not  affected  by  these 

ordinaces 20 

OFFICE  HOURS 

at  the  city  hall        .  155 

OFFICERS 

powers  of,  continued  by  new  charter 14 

election  of,  by  the  people 5 

term  of  office  of  elective  officers 5 

vacancies,  how  filled 5 

removal  from  ward 5 

mayor  to  have  general  control  of 6 

mayor  shall  cause  to  be  punished  for  neglect          ...  6 

may  be  summoned  by  mayor  for  consultation         ...  6 

shall  be  resident  citizens 6 

non-elective  to  be  appointed  by  mayor,  except       ...  6 

terms  of  office  of  non-elective  officers 6 

appointed  officers  to  be  confirmed      ......  6 

appointment  not  to  be  acted  on  by  aldermen  for  one  week  .  7 

certain,  how  removed ' .        .  7 

shall  account  to  city  council  for  moneys          ....  9 

shall  hold  offices  until  successors  are  chosen,  etc.          .        .  12 

mayor  may  designate  other  officer  to  perform  duties    .        .  22 

when  to  execute  conveyances,  etc 22 

list  of,  to  be  appointed  by  the  mayor 23-24-25 

may  license  or  permit  anything  prohibited  from  being  done 

without  their  license  or  permission         ....  20 

to  keep  records  as  directed  by  committee  on  accounts        .  33 


INDEX. 


257 


OFFICERS—  Continued. 

shall  keep  a  record  of  moneys  received 155 

shall  pay  moneys  received  to  treasurer,  daily         .        .        .  155 

certain  officers  shall  pay  weekly 155 

shall  make  returns  to  the  auditor 155 

shall  have  control  of  appropriations  of  their  departments   .  15(5 

not  to  expend  money  until  appropriated 159 

shall  not  expend  more  than  $300  for  one  purpose  without 

approval  of  mayor,  except 157 

shall  be  governed  in  their  purchases  |by  the  provisions  of 

chapter  27 157 

shall  advertise  for  proposals 157 

shall  send  copy  of  advertisement  to  auditor     ....  157 

shall  prepare  plans  to  be  shown  to  bidders       "...  157 

bond  required  of 157 

See  CONTRACTS. 

cause  of  removals  of  subordinates  to  be  entered  on  record  158 

what  records  to  be  kept,  and  open  to  public    ....  159 

licenses  to  contain  certain  conditions 159 

shall  send  annual  estimates  to  mayor 13-159 

shall  furnish  sureties  on  their  bonds 159 

shall  not  object  to  or  advocate  before  the  legislature  any 

act 159 

at  headsv)f  departments.    See  DEPARTMENTS. 

OFFICES. 

of  emolument,  members  of  city  council  ineligible  to  11 
of  emolument  under  overseers  of  poor,  members  of  board 

ineligible  to 12 

certain  offices,  hours  for  business 155 

shall  be  closed  »t  2  o'clock  Saturdays 156 

OIL.    See  PETROLEUM. 
OLD  METALS.    See  JUNK. 

ORDINANCES  AND  BY-LAWS 

by-laws  shall  be  denominated  ordinances         ....  19 

enacting  style  of 19 

mayor  shall  enforce 6-22 

shall  be  approved  by  mayor 7 

how  recorded  and  published 19 

what  to  be  known  as  the  revised  ordinances  of  1892       .        .  19 
what     previously    existing     continued     by    the    revised 

ordinances 19 

what  repealed  by  the  revised  ordinances 19 

repealed    or    suspended,    how    affected    by    the    revised 

ordinances 20 

what  shall  continue  in  force 13 

inconsistent  with  new  charter  annulled 13 

general  penalty  for  violation  of 21 

penalties  for  violation  of  particular.    See  PENALTIES. 

penalty  for  violation  of,  when  not  specified     ....  20 

on  health  to  be  enforced  by  board  of  health    ....  53 

city  council  may  make,  and  annex  penalties    ....  8 

shall  be  published  in  newspaper 8-19 

fines  and  forfeitures  for  violation  of,  shall  inure  to  the  city  20 

if  not  vetoed  in  ten  days,  to  be  in  force 7 

partial  veto •  7 

to  regulate  the  loads  of  vehicles 8 

to  provide  for  needful  officers 8 


258  INDEX. 

PAGE 

ORDINANCES  AND  BY-LAWS  —  Continued. 

style  of  book  to  record  ordinances 19 

record  book,  where  to  be  kept 19 

repeal  of  ordinance  shall  not  revive  pre-existing  ordinance  20 

nor  affect  penalties  incurred 20 

nor  interfere  with  pending  suit  or  prosecution       ...  20 

when  anything  is  prohibited  by,'such  thing  may  be  licensed  20 

construction  of  various  words  and  terms  used  in   ...  20 

creating  the  several  departments 21 

who  to  have  charge  and  management  of  departments   .        .  21 

ORDERS 

shall  be  approved  by  mayor 7 

if  not  vetoed  in  ten  days  shall  be  in  force         ....  7 

partial  veto 7 

OVERSEERS  OF  THE  POOR  DEPARTMENT 

creation  of 21 

under  charge  of  what  officers 21-116 

under  control  of  mayor 21 

ordinance  in  relation  to 116 

shall  have  charge  of  the  almshouse 116 

shall  make  rules  for  the  government  of  the  same   ...  116 

shall  keep  books,  vouchers,  etc 116 

election  of  overseers 116 

overseers,  of  whom  to  consist 116 

term  of  office 116 

may  be  removed  by  the  mayor,  subject,  etc 7 

vacancies  in  board 116 

organization,  powers  and  duties  of  board         ....  12-116 

no  member  eligible  to  office  of  emolument  under  the  board  12 

annual  meeting  and  organization  of 12 

choice  of  officers  and  agents 12 

fixing  their  duties  and  salaries 12 

to  report  to  city  council 8 

OXEN 

not  to  go  at  large  or  graze  011  streets 187 

PARK  DEPARTMENT 

creation  of 21 

under  charge  of  what  officers 21-117 

under  control  of  mayor 21 

ordinance  in  relation  to 117 

appointment  of  commissioners 117 

term  of  office 117 

vacancy  in  board 117 

election  of  president  of  board              : 117 

shall  make  rules  and  regulations 117 

powers  and  duties 117 

shall  appoint  superintendent,  etc 117 

shall  make  annual  report 117 

may  sell  personal  property  connected  with  parks  ...  118 

duties  of  president  of  board 118 

no  member  to  be  interested  in  any  contract,  etc.    .        .        .  118 

duties  of  superintendent 118 

city  engineer  to  perform  work  within  province  of  civil 

engineer 118 

shall  have  general  care  of  commons,  etc 118 

shall  have  care  of  trees,  etc. 118 

loans  for  parks  not  to  exceed  time  designated  in  act     .        .  126 


INDEX. 


259 


PARTITION  AND  PARTY  WALLS.    See  CONSTRUCTION  OF 
BUILDINGS  DEPARTMENT. 

PAWNBROKERS 

regulations  concerning 209 

appointment  of  inspectors  of 23 

PAY  OF  CITY  EMPLOYEES  INJURED  WHILE  ON  DUTY. 
See  CONTINUANCE.  ETC. 

PAY-DAYS 

for  employees 35 

for  other  persons,  and  bills 35 


PAY-ROLLS 

of  employees,  when  made  up 33-35-141 

of  other  persons 35 

PENALTIES.    (See  chapter  44.) 

to  be  fixed  by  ordinance 8 

incurred  under  previous  ordinance  not  affected  by  these 

ordinances 20 

for  violation  of  ordinances,  generally 21 

for  violation  of  ordinances,  etc.,  to  inure  to  use  of  city        .  20 

for  sale  and  delivery  of  impure  ice 165 

for  keeping  barking,  biting,  etc.,  dogs  in  the  city  .        .        .  177 
for  violating  provisions  of   ordinances    relating  to  Fresh 

Pond 192 

for  cutting  into,  etc.,  a  common  sewer 125 

for  entering  a  private  drain  into  a  common  sewer        .        .  125 

for  placing  filthy  substance,  etc.,  in  street  catch-basin         .  125 
for  violating  the  provisions  of  the  ordinances  relating  to 

sewers 125 

for  fast  driving  in  street 191 

for  not  affixing  legal  street  numbers 129 

for  extinguishing,  etc.,  lights  put  up  in  streets  in  certain 

cases 132-191 

for  being  in  possession  of  clubs,  bludgeons,  toy  pistols, 

rubber  slings,  etc 191 

for  remaining  on  sidewalk  so  as  to  obstruct  the  same  .        .  191 

for  tipping  over  ash-barrels,  etc 191 

for  not  removing  snow  from  sidewalk 136 

for  not  removing,  etc.,  ice  from  sidewalk        ....  136 
for  violation  of  ordinance  relating  to  the  City  Electrical 

Department Ill 

for  violation  of  ordinance  in  relation  to  ringing  of  gongs,  etc.  193 
for  violation  of  ordinance  in  relation  to  disposal  of  rubbish 

in  streets 194 

for  violation  of  ordinance  in  relation  to  children  under 

sixteen 195 

employers  liable  for  acts  of  employees      ......  20 

PENSIONS  FOR  FIREMEN.    See  FIRE  DEPARTMENT. 


PERPETUAL  CARE  OF  LOTS  IN  CEMETERY. 
TARY  DEPARTMENT. 

PERMITS 

issuing  of,  subject  to  conditions 
not  to  be  valid  if  bond  is  not  given    . 
additional  sureties  to  be  given    .... 
premises  to  be  restored  at  licensee's  cost 
repeal  of  ordinances  inconsistent  with     . 


See  CEME- 


166 
166 
166 
166 


2f>0  INDEX. 

PAGE 

PETROLEUM 

proceedings  on  application  for   license   to    manufacture, 

store,  etc 183 

licenses  to  be  granted  by  aldermen 183 

licenses  to  manufacture,  etc.,  to  contain  certain  statements  184 

premises  of  licensee  to  be  open  to  inspection  ....  184 

violation  of  terms  of  license  to  work  a  revocation         .        .  184 
license  not  to  be  granted  for  manufacturing,  storing,  etc., 

in  certain  places 183 

to  be  kept  in  metallic  vessels,  when 183 

license,  how  revoked 184 

complaints  for  manufacturing,  etc.,  without  license,  how 

made 184 

PHYSICIAN,  CITY. 

appointment  of 24 

shall  examine  city  employees  injured,  etc 196 

shall  give  certificates,  in  form  satisfactory  to  city  solicitor  196 

qualifications  of 198 

duties  of 198 

salary  of 162-199 

shall  not  expend  amount  exceeding  appropriation        .        .  199 

shall  keep  account  of  expenditures 199 

shall  employ  assistants 199 

shall  make  annual  report 199 

PIERS.    See  CONSTRUCTION  OF  BUILDINGS  DEPARTMENT. 

PISTOLS.    See  FIRE  ARMS. 

PLACARDS.    See  SIGNS. 

PLANK  WALKS.    See  STREET  DEPARTMENT. 

PLANS 

belonging  to  the  city,  the  city  clerk  to  have  custody  of       .  39 

of  common  sewers,  how  made 123 

of  common  sewers,  to  be  kept  in  rooms  of  city  engineer      .  125 

PLATFORM 

of  entrance  to  cellar,  etc.,  regulations  in  regard  to       .        .  133 

PLUMBING.    See  CONSTRUCTION  OF  BUILDINGS  DEPARTMENT. 

POLICE  DEPARTMENT 

creation  of 21 

under  charge  of  what  officer 21-119 

under  control  of  mayor 21 

ordinance  in  relation  to 119 

members  of,  to   pay  to    treasurer  weekly  all  fees,  etc., 

received,  except,  etc.           155 

salaries  of 214 

to  give  notice  of  blockade,  etc.,  of  streets       ....  128 

to  report  waste,  etc.,  of  water 153-154 

chief  of,  to  make  annual  returns  to  the  city  councils,  of  all 

fees,  etc.,  received  by  members  of  police  force      .        .      119-155 

salary 214 

administration  of  police,  vested  in  mayor        ....  119 

station  for  confinement  of  women  to  be  designated       .        .  25 


INDEX.  261 

PAGE 

POLICE   OFFICERS 

appointment  of 25 

tenure  of  office 119 

without  pay,  appointment  of 23 

shall  report  waste  to  water  registrar 153 

shall  aid  board  of  health  if  required 53 

members  may  be  removed,  how 7 

number  and  compensation  fixed  by  board  of  aldermen         .  12 

also  regulations  for  its  government 12 

chief  to  have  care  and  custody  of  certain  property       .        .  119 

his  duties 119 

shall  keep  a  record  of  business  of  the  department  .        .        .  119 

shall  make  reports  to  mayor 119 

shall  make  annual  report  to  city  council         ....  119 

police  signal  system  in  charge  of  the  city  electrician    .        .  105 

candidates  to  be  examined  by  city  physician  ....  198 

city  physician  shall  attend  prisoners  in  police  stations         .  198 

shall  control  transportation  of  injured  persons,  etc.      .        .  119 

shall  respond  to  calls  for  use  of  emergency  ambulance         .  1J9 

reserve  police  officer,  estimating  years  of  service  of      .        .  214 

notice  to  be  sent  to  mayor  of  increase  of  pay  of      ...  214 

POLICE  MATRONS 

appointment  of 25 

POLL  TAXES.    See  TAXES. 

PORCHES  AND  PORTICOS.    See  CONSTRUCTION   OF    BUILD- 

IXGS  DEPARTMENT,    ALSO  STREET  DEPARTMENT. 

persons  not  to  loiter  on 187 

POST,   POLE,   OR  OTHER  STRUCTURE  IN   STREET 

condition  of  maintaining 137 

POUND  KEEPER 

appointment  of 23 

PRECINCTS.    See  WARRANTS  AND  ELECTIONS. 

PRESIDENT   OF   BOARD   OF   ALDERMEN 

how  elected 11 

his  duties 11 

he  may  call  special  meetings 11 

shall  be  a  member  of  the  committee  on  finance      .        .        .  160 

shall  be  a  trustee  of  Bridge  charitable  fund     ....  173 

shall  be  a  trustee  of  Sanders  temperance  fund       ...  174 

mayor  shall  not  preside,  nor  appoint  committees  ...  11 

PRESIDENT  OF  COMMON    COUNCIL 

election  of 12 

duties  of 12 

shall  be  a  member  of  the  committee  on  finance      .        .        .  160 

shall  be  a  trustee  of  the  Bridge  charitable  fund     ...  173 

shall  be  a  trustee  of  the  Sanders  temperance  fund        .        .  174 

PRESIDENT   OF  WATER  BOARD 

to  be  elected  by  water  board 144 

duties  of 145 

PRIVIES.    See  CESSPOOLS. 


262  INDEX. 

PAGE 

PROCEEDINGS 

pending,  not  affected  by  these  ordinances       ....  19 

PROPOSALS 

for  materials  and  supplies 157 

for  contracts,  how  solicited,  received  and  opened  .        .        .  157 

See  CONTRACTS. 

PROSECUTIONS 

pending,  not  affected  by  these  ordinances         ....  19 

PROVISIONS,  INSPECTORS  OF.      See  INSPECTOR  OF  PRO- 
VISIONS,  ETC. 

PUBLIC  BUILDINGS,  SUPERINTENDENT  OF.      See  CON- 
STRUCTION OF  BUILDINGS  DEPARTMENT. 

PUBLIC  GROUNDS.    See  STREETS. 

construction  of  term 20 

PUBLIC  LIBRARY  DEPARTMENT 

creation  of 21 

under  charge  of  what  officers 21-120 

under  control  of  mayor 21 

ordinance  in  relation  to 120 

board  of  trustees,  how  constituted 120 

organization  of  the  board 120 

appointment  of  board  of  trustees 24-120 

trustees  to  choose  librarian 120 

duties  of  trustees 120 

trustees  to  expend  moneys,  how 120 

to  establish  fees  for  use  of 120 

to  make  by-laws 120 

trustees  to  make  annual  report 120 

moneys  received  to  be  paid  into  city  treasury,  quarterly     .  120 

moneys  for  use  of,  when  to  be  paid  out  of  treasury       .       .  120 

PUBLIC  STATUTES.     See  STATUTES. 

accepted  by  the  city,  list  of 215 

PUBLIC    MONEY.       See   MONEY,    AUDITING   DEPARTMENT, 
OFFICERS,  AND  TREASURY  DEPARTMENT. 

PUBLIC  PLACES.     See  STREET  DEPARTMENT,  ALSO  PUBLIC 
GROUNDS. 

PUBLIC  PROPERTY 

care  and  custody  of 13 

annual  statement  of,  to  be  published  by  city  council   .       .  9 

PUBLIC  SQUARES.    See  STREET  DEPARTMENT. 

PUBLIC  WORKS.    See  PUBLIC  PROPERTY. 

engineer  shall  have  charge  of  construction  of         ...  43 

PUBLIC  WEIGHERS.    See  CITY  SCALES  AND  WEIGHERS. 

QUORUM 

of  board  of  aldermen,  a  majority 

of  common  council,  a  majority 

RECEIPTS  AND  EXPENDITURES 

auditor's  monthly  and  annual  statements  of  ....  34 

treasurer's  statements  of 141-143 

monthly  statement  of 143 

annual  statements  of 9 


INDEX.  263 

PAGE 

RECORDS,  ETC. 

to  be  transferred  by  city  clerk  to  his  successor         .        .  10 
of  the  city,  city  clerk  to  have  custody  of  ....  39 
shall  be  kept  by  officers  and  boards  in  charge  of  depart- 
ments           159 

shall  be  open  to  public  inspection                                 ,  159 

of  committees  not  to  be  so  open 159 

REGULATIONS  OF  BOARD  OF  ALDERMEN    ...      203 

REGULATIONS 

general,  for  streets,  commons  and  other  public  places          .  187 

REFUSE      See  ASHES. 

REGISTRARS  OF  VOTERS 24 

salary  of .        .  162 

salary  of  clerk 162 

REPEAL 

not  to  revive  any  act  theretofore  repealed          ,  15 

of  original  charter,  etc  ,  and  other  acts      .  .  14 

not  to  affect  any  right  or  penalty 15 

REPORTS.     See  under  VARIOUS  BOARDS  AND  HEADS  OK  DE- 
PARTMENTS. 

RESERVOIRS 

to  be  in  charge  of  superintendent  of  water  works     .        .  145 

for  water  supply,  general  regulations  as  to        .        .        .  192 

injury  to  public,  prohibited 192 

REMOVAL 

of  municipal  officers  from  one  ward  to  another      ....  5 

REMOVAL  OF  BUILDINGS.     See  BUILDING  REMOVALS,  and 
STREET  DEPARTMENT. 

RESOLUTIONS 

shall  be  approved  by  mayor        ......  7 

if  not  vetoed  in  ten  days  shall  be  in  force          ...  7 

partial  veto .  7 

REVISED  ORDINANCES  OF  1892 

what  ordinances  to  be  known  as         .-'..-.        .  19 

what  repealed  by         ........  19 

construed  as  continuations  of  previously  existing  ordi- 
nances, when 19 

not  to  affect  any  act  done,  right  accrued,  penalty  incurred, 

etc 20 

not  to  affect  the  tenure  of  any  person's  holding  office,  etc.  20 

repeal  by,  not  to  affect  any  ordinance  adopted,  accepting 

provisions  of  any  statute 20 

repeal  of  any  ordinance  by,  not  to  revive  any  ordinance 

repealed  or  suspended  ......  20 

general  penalty  for  violation  of  ......  21 


264  INDEX. 

HIGIITS 

accrued,  not  affected  by  these  ordinances  ....  20 

ROADS  AND  BRIDGES.     See  STREET  DEPARTMENT. 

RUBBISH 

not  to  be  placed  in  streets,  unless,  etc.       ....  134 

disposal  of  litter,  etc  ,  in  streets  and  commons         .        .  194 

SALARIES.     See  DUTIES  AND  SALARIES. 

of  city  officers      .        . 8-160 

to  be  in  full  for  all  official  services 162 

established  by  aldermen,  what     ......  214 

teachers  of  public  schools  how  to  be  paid          ...  33 

of  janitors 162 

SALT 

not  to  be  used  by  street  railway  corporations  to  remove 

snow  from  rails,  etc 133 

SANDERS   TEMPERANCE   FUND 

what  is 174 

trustees  of  fund 174 

duties  of  trustees         .....  .  1 74 

to  appoint  agent  .........  174 

chairman  of 174 

to  keep  record      .........  174 

to  make  annual  report          .......  174 

SCALES.     See  CITY  SCALES  AND  WEIGHERS. 

for  weighing  hay,  etc.,  to  be  established,  etc.  .        .  168 

to  be  under  control  of  sealer  of  weights  and  measures      .  121 

SCHOOL   COMMITTEE 

election  of 5 

their  term  of  office 5 

shall  be  inhabitants  of  ward        ......  5 

mayor,  ex-officio  chairman  of 

bills  approved  by,  how  certified 

vacancies 5 

Public  Statutes,  Chapter  44,  §  22 

duties  of 

to  elect  a  superintendent  of  schools    ..... 

also  teachers  of  public  schools    ...... 

may  employ  clerks  and  attendants      .... 

power  not  to  be  restricted  ....... 

majority  to  be  present  when  bills  are  approved 
removals  by          ......... 

janitor  of  schoolhouses,  how  appointed  and  removed 
duties  of  janitors 

SCHOOL   TEACHERS 

to  be  elected  annually 

SEAL   OF    THE    CITY.     See  CITY  SEAL. 


INDEX. 

SEALER   OF  WEIGHTS  AND  MEASURES  DEPARTMENT 

creation  of 21 

under  charge  of  what  officer 21-121 

under  control  of  mayor .         .  21 

ordinance  in  relation  to        .......  121 

appointment  of     .........         24-121 

salary  of       ..........  162 

duties            121 

annual  report  and  inventory        ......  121 

removal         ..........  121 

to  have  control  of  public  scales 121 

SECOND-HAND   ARTICLES.     See  JUNK. 

SEWER   DEPARTMENT 

creation  of .  21 

under  charge  of  what  officer 21-122 

under  control  of  mayor        .         .         .         .         .         .        .  21 

ordinance  in  relation  to                .         .         .         .         .        .  122 

city  council  may  take  land  for  sewers        .         ...  9 

damages  for  taking  land 9 

appeal  from  estimate  of  damages        .       . .        ...  9 

what  to  be  deemed  common  sewers    ...                 .  122 

common  sewers  to  be  laid  only  by  city       .        .        ...  122 

water  pipes,  etc  ,  to  be  laid  so  as  not  to  interfere  with     .  122 

if  interfering,  to  be  removed,  etc.    .        .        .        .  122 

city  engineer  and  superintendent  of  water  works  to  con- 
sult             ,       122-129 

superintendent  of,  how  appointed       .        .        .        ...  122 

tenure  of  office  of .  122 

compensation .       122-214 

city  engineer  to  make  plans  of    ......  123 

to  have  care  of  catch  basins,  etc.      ....  123 

to  keep  account  of  cost  of 123 

to  make  annual  report  of  work  done  on    .         .         . "  123 

what  part  of  cost  of,  to  be  assessed                            -.  123 

plans  of  estate  to  be  assessed,  to  be  prepared    .        .        .  123 

assessments,  how  determined      .        .        .        .        .  123 

standard  rate  of  assessment        .  123 

apportionment  of  assessments     ......  30 

amounts  assessed  to  be  entered  on  plans    .        .        .        .  123 

drain-layers  to  be  licensed  .         .         .         .        .        ;        .  124 

drains  entering,  to  be  constructed  by  persons  licensed 

therefor 124 

drains  entering,  how  laid  and  built     .        .        .        .       -.  124 

bond  of  drain-layers .  124 

private  drain,  not  to  enter  without  a  permit       .                 /  124 

permits  to  be  granted  by  city  engineer       ....  124 
private  drain  from  estate  not  already  assessed  not  to  enter 

without  consent  of  aldermen     .....  125 

plugs,  etc.,  when  required  in  drains    .         .         .         .         .  125 

reconstruction  of  drains  already  built,  when  to  be  made  .  125 
exhausts  from  steam  engines,  etc  ,  not  to  be  connected 

with  common  sewer  or  private  drain    ....  125 


265 


266  INDEX. 

SEWER  DEPARTMENT—  Continued. 

penalty  for  cutting  into,  etc.       .                         .                 .  125 

for  entering  a  private  drain  into       ....  125 

for    placing,  etc.,   any  substance,   etc.,   in   catch 

basins      ........  125 

for  violation  of  provisions  of  ordinance  relating  to  125 

plans  of,  to  be  kept  in  rooms  of  city  engineer    .         .        .  125 

such  rooms  to  be  a  part  of  the  office  of  city  clerk      .        .  125 

drains  when  opened  to  be  fenced  and  lighted     .        .        .  133 

treasurer  to  collect  assessments 141 

loans  for  construction  not  to  exceed  twenty  years     .        .  126 

SEWERS,    SUPERINTENDENT   OF.      See   SEWER   DEPART- 
MENT. 

appointment         .........  122 

to  be  subordinate  to  city  engineer       .        .        .        .        .  122 

term  of  office 122 

compensation,  how  fixed 122 

SHOWBOARDS.     See  SIGNS. 

SHUT-OFFS 

in  gas  supply  pipes 178 

SIDEWALKS.     See  STREET  DEPARTMENT. 

aldermen  may  authorize  construction,  etc.,  of    ...  11 

material  of  sidewalks 11 

expense  of  sidewalks  and  edgestones          .        .        .        .  11 

expense  of  sidewalks,  etc. ,  how  assessed  ....  11 

expense  shall  constitute  a  lien,  etc.     .....  11 

shall  be  maintained  at  expense  of  city        ....  11-134 

apportionment  of  assessments    ......  30 

SIGNS 

street,  to  be  maintained  by  city 128 

not  to  be  placed  on  trees  on  commons,  etc.         .        .        .  190 

dealers  in  junk,  etc.,  to  have  certain,  on  their  shops,  etc.  181 

not  to  be  placed  or  carried  on  sidewalk  without,  etc.         .  189 

not  to  be  inserted  in  sidewalk  without  a  permit         .  135 

SINKING  FUND  DEPARTMENT 

creation  of  ..........  21 

under  charge  of  what  officers 21-126 

under  control  of  mayor       .        .         .        .        .        .        .  21 

ordinance  in  relation  to        .......  126 

commissioners,  how  appointed 24-126 

term  of  office       .........  126 

vacancies      ..........  126 

no  member  of  city  council  to  be 126 

duties  of  commissioners      .......  126 

loans  for  public  buildings  to  be  for  ten  years     ...  126 
loans  for  construction  of  sewers  to  be  for  not  more  than 

twenty  years      ........  126 

loans  for  Harvard  Bridge  to  be  for  not  more  than  thirty 

years 126 


INDEX.  267 

PAGE 

SINKING  FUND  DEPARTMENT—  Continued. 

loans  for  parks  and  other  purposes  not  to  exceed  time 

designated  in  act                        126 

bonds  for  loans  to  state  purpose  of  issue  .        .  126 

appropriations  for  sinking  fund 126 

when  to  be  paid  to  commissioners 127 

concerning  interest      .        .        .  ' 127 

commissioners  to  certify  to  auditor  the  sums  required  for 

sinking  fund 127 

city  treasurer  to  be  furnished  with  money  to  pay  debts  of  127 

annual  report  of  board 127 

sinking  fund  of  water  works 127 

treasurer  may  be  elected  treasurer  of                          .  139 

salary  of  treasurer  of  fund 154-161 

SKATING.     See  FRESH  POND. 

SLINGS 

rubber,  possession  of,  on  steets  forbidden         .        .        .  189 

SMALL  LOANS 

regulations  concerning 211 

SNOW.     See  STREETS. 

city  scales  to  be  kept  clear  of              .        ...        •        •  168 

removal  of,  by  street  railway  corporations        .        .        .  133 

salt,  etc. ,  not  to  be  used  on  street  railway  tracks  to  remove  133 

not  to  be  thrown  into  street  without  being  broken  up       .  134 

removal  of,  from  sidewalks,  and  penalty  ....  136 

who  responsible  for  removal  of 136 

penalty 136-137 

SNOW  GUARDS.     See  CONSTRUCTION  OF  BUILDINGS  DEPART- 
MENT. 

SNOW  BALLS 

not  to  be  thrown  in  the  streets  ......  188 

SOLDIERS.     Also  see  STATE  AID. 

persons  to  cause  to  be  interred  bodies  of  indigent    .        .  25 

soldiers'  aid  clerk,  salary  of 214 

SOLICITOR,  CITY.     See  LAW  DEPARTMENT. 
SPECIAL  MEETINGS.     See  MEETINGS. 

SPECIFICATIONS 

for  any  work  to  be  done,  to  be  prepared  and  shown  to 

bidders ....  157 

SQUARES.     See  STREET  DEPARTMENT. 

STANDS 

for  vehicles     See  CARRIAGES,  ETC. 

STATIONERY 

to  be  furnished  by  the  city  messenger        ....  41 

STATUTES 

list  of  public  statutes  accepted  by  the  city        .        .        .  215 


268  INDEX. 

STATE  AID  PAGK 

how  certified  and  paid 33 

compensation  of  clerk         ....  214 

STEAM  BOILERS.    See  CONSTRUCTION  OF  BUILDINGS  DEPART- 
MENT. 
blow  off  from,  not  to  be  connected  with  sewers  or  drains  125 

STEAM  ENGINES.     See  CONSTRUCTION    OF  BUILDINGS  DE- 
PARTMENT. 
exhausts  from,  not  to  be  connected  with  sewers  or  drains  125 

STEAM  HEATING  APPARATUS.      See    CONSTRUCTION    OF 
BUILDINGS  DEPARTMENT. 

STEPS 

persons  not  to  loiter  on 187 

provisions  as  to,  when  projecting  into  streets   .  133 

STONES 

not  to  be  thrown  in  streets 188 

STREET  DEPARTMENT.     See  STREETS,  COMMONS,  ETC. 

creation  of 21 

under  charge  of  what  officer 21-128 

under  control  of  mayor 21 

ordinance  in  relation  to 1 28 

STREETS,    COMMONS,   ETC.     See    also    CONSTRUCTION    OF 
BUILDINGS  DEPARTMENT. 

streets,  construction  of  the  word 20 

to  be  laid  out,  etc. ,  by  city  council 9 

damages,  by  whom  estimated 9 

petitions  for  laying  out,  altering,  etc  ,  to  be  first  acted 

upon  by  board  of  aldermen 9 

appeal  from  decision  concerning  laying  out,  etc.        .        .  9 
from  estimate  of  damages         .....  9 
water  from  roof  not  to  be  allowed  to  flow  across  side- 
walk to 

not  to  be  torn  up  after  notice  by  superintendent  of  streets, 

except,  etc 129 

to  be  known  by  names  heretofore  given  them  .  .  .  129 
names  of  to  be  given  and  changed  by  the  city  council  .  129 
board  of  aldermen  may  number  buildings  on  .  .  129 
penalty  for  not  fixing  legal  numbers  on  buildings  on  .  129 
aldermen  may  authorize,  etc.,  the  construction  of  side- 
walks    11 

material  of  sidewalks 11 

expense  of  sidewalks  and  edgestones          .        .        .         .  11 

expense  of  sidewalk  how  assessed      .....  11 

treasurer  to  collect  sidewalk  assessments           ...  141 

expense  shall  constitute  a  lien,  etc.     .....  11 

mayor  to  direct  the  removal  of  obstructions       .        .  25 

all  plans  of,  to  be  under  charge  of  city  engineer        .        .'  43 

engineer  shall  notify  mayor  of  encroachments  in       .         .  44 

engineer  shall  give  lines  and  grades 44 


INDEX.  269 

PAGE 

STREETS,  COMMONS,  ETC.  —  Continued. 

engineer  shall  supervise  repairs  on  certain  bridges     .  43 

engineer  shall  annunally  examine  certain  bridges        .  44 

fence  to  enclose  while  building     ......  79 

not  to  be  opened  for   six  months  after  previous  openings  129 

excavations,  obstructions,  and  projections,  in     .         .         .  129 
not  to  be  dug  up,  etc.,  without  license         ....       109-129 

superintendent  may  grant  license          .         .        .                 .  130 

bond  to  be  given 130-131 

if  dug   up,  obstructed,  etc.,  fence  and  lights  to  be  put  up       124-130 

footpath  to  be  maintained     .         .         .         .         .         .         .  130 

restoration    of,   after  they  have  been  dug  up  under  a 

license 110-124-130 

openings  in,  manner  of  repair 122-130-131 

notice  of  opening  or  obstruction  of,  to  be  given  to  super- 
intendent of  streets              128 

requiring  repairing  and  resurfacing   within  one  year  from 

time  of  excavation 130 

department  or  corporation  responsible  for  damages  within 

one  year  from  opening  or  obstruction        ...  131 

violation  of  conditions  of  license 132 

defects  in  public  ways            132 

licenses  to  person  repairing  water  pipes        ....  132 

licenses  for  raising  and  lowering  goods,  etc.         .         .         .  132 

penalty  for  extinguishing,  etc.,  certain  lights        .         .         .  132 

gates,  etc.,  not  to  swing  over  sidewalk 132 

doorsteps,  porticos,  porches,  entrances  or  passage-ways  to 

cellars,  etc.,  regulations  in  regard  to       .        .        .        .  133 

if  cavity  dug  near,  fence  to  be  put  up 133 

use  of  streets 133 

buildings  not  to  be  moved  through,  without  license      .        .  133 
license  to  move  buildings  through,  to  be  granted  only  sifter 

public  notice 133 

licensee  to  give  bond 133 

chimneys  of  such  building  to  be  taken  down            .        .  133 

animals,  fowls,  etc.,  not  to  be  allowed  to  go  at  large,  etc.,  in  187 

animals  not  to  be  exhibited  in,  without  license      .        .        .  187 

fast  driving  in,  prohibited 187 

carriages  not  to  stop  on  flagging  stones 187 

frightening  horses  in,  forbidden 187 

carriages  and  horses  not  to  be  cleaned  in         ....  188 

gaming  and  exposing  gaming  devices  in,  forbidden       .        .  188 

tables,  stalls,  etc.,  for  sale  of  merchandise  in,  forbidden      .  188 

fire-arms,  discharge  of  in,  forbidden 188 

bonfires  in,  prohibited 188 

injuring  guide-boards,  lamp-posts,  trees,  etc.,  in,  prohibited  188 

defacing  property  forbidden 188 

playing  ball  in,  prohibited 188 

throwing  missiles  in,  prohibited         .        .        .        .   '    .        .  188 

shooting  with  bows  and  arrows  in,  forbidden          .        .        .  188 

coasting  without  permission  forbidden 188 

bathing  in  view,  forbidden 189 

carpets  not  to  be  shaken  or  cleaned  in 189 

possession  of  clubs,  etc.,  in,  forbidden 189 

possession  of  toy  pistols,  rubber  slings,  etc.,  prohibited        .  189 
rude  and  disorderly  conduct  and  indecent  language  in, 

forbidden  189 


270  INDEX. 

PAGE 

STREETS,   COMMONS,  ETC.  —  Continued. 

dirt,  etc.,  not  to  be  placed  in  drinking  troughs,  etc.       .        .  189 

riding  a  bicycle,  etc.,  at  rate  of  speed  exceeding     ...  188 

use  of  velocipedes  restricted 188 

lamps    in,    not   to   be    lighted    or    extinguished    without 

authority .  189 

disposal  of  litter  and  rubbish  in 194 

children  under  sixteen  not  to  loiter  on,  except      .        .        .  195 

rubbish,  etc.,  not  to  be  placed  in 134 

dead  trees,  etc.,  not  to  be  deposited  in,  except       ...  134 
rubbish,  shrubs,  etc.,  to  be  removed  by  superintendent 

during  certain  months 134 

fuel  not  to  remain  unnecessarily  in,  if  it  remains  after 

dark  to  be  lighted 134 

snow    and    ice    not    to   be    thrown    into,    without    being 

broken  up 134 

snow  and  ice  not  to  be  thrown  into  street  contrary  to 

orders  of  superintendent 134 

snow,  removal  of,  by  street  railway  companies,  regulated  133 

salt,  etc.,  not  to  be  used  on  tracks,  etc.,  of  street  railways  133 

use  of  brine,  etc.,  on  street  railway  tracks  forbidden  134 

trees,  climbing,  tying  horses  to,  etc.,  prohibited     .        .        .  187 

posting  bills  on,  forbidden 187 

records  of  streets  to  be  kept  by  city  clerk       ....  134 

ashes  and  other  house  dirt,  how  removed         ....  135 

such  not  to  obstruct  use  of  sidewalk 136 

when  city  may  remove  from  yard 13(3 

if  ashes,  etc.,  are  left  on,  after  dark,  lighted  lantern  to  be 

placed  on 136 

ash-barrels,  etc.,  tipping  over,  forbidden         ....  190 

regulations  as  to  canopies,  awnings,  etc 137 

streets  not  to  be  torn  up,  etc.,  for  laying  telegraph  wires, 

etc.,  without  license 109 

when  repaired,  removal,  etc.,  of  conduits  to  be  at  expense 

of  owners,  etc 110 

loads  of  vehicles  to  be  regulated  by  ordinance       ...  8 

streets  to  be  properly  restored 110 

no  wire  to  be  attached  to  pole  of  another  company  except  109 

petitions  for  poles  shall  state  exact  location    ....  109 

public  hearing  shall  be  given 109 

persons  shall  not  deface  public  bridge  or  wharf      ...  190 

or  unnecessarily  open  or  obstruct  the  draw    ....  190 

shall  not  fasten  vessels,  etc.,  to  bridge 190 

in  passing  through    draw  to  comply  with  directions  of 

drawtender 190 

horses  forbidden  on  commons,  or  public  grounds  ...  190 

earth  not  to  be  removed  from  commons,  etc.         ...  190 

filth,  dirt,  etc.,  not  to  be  placed  on  commons,  etc.        .        .  190 

wheelbarrows,  bicycles,  etc.,  forbidden  on  public  ground  191 

carpets  not  to  be  cleaned  on .  191 

refuse,  etc.,  not  to  be  disturbed  by  other  than  an  employee  191 

athletic  sports  not  permitted  on 191 

public  speaking  on,  forbidden 191 

sale  of  goods  on,  forbidden            ......  191 

erection  of  booths,  etc.,  on,  forbidden  191 

injury  to  seats,  fences,  etc.,  on,  forbidden            ...  191 

defacing  of  monuments  or  statues  on,  forbidden  191 

interference  with  hydrants  forbidden            ....  191 


INDEX. 


271 


STREETS,  COMMONS,  ETC.  —  Continued. 

disturbance  of  flower-beds  forbidden          ....  191 

dogs  and  other  animals  not  permitted  on    .         .         .        .  191 

throwing  of  stones,  etc.,  forbidden    .....  191 

loans  for  laying  out  and  widening  streets  to  be  for  ten 

years 126 

See  CITY  ELECTRICAL  DEPARTMENT. 


SUPERINTENDENT    OF    STREETS.      See    STREETS,    COM- 
MONS, ETC. 

appointment  of    .........  24 

term  of  office .  128 

salary  of 161 

powers  and  duties 128 

to  keep  streets,  etc  ,  in  good  repair 128 

if  opened,  superintendent  to  prevent  unnecessary  obstruc- 
tion, and  see  to  the  repair         .....       124-131 

to  put  up  street  signs  ........  128 

to  hire  and  control  persons  in  his  department    .         .         .  128 

to  have  custody  of  all  property  connected  therewith          .  128 

to  make  contracts  for  labor  and  materials  ....  128 

office  hours  of  superintendent 156 

annual  report        .........  128 

when  street  is  unsafe,  etc.,  to  put  up  fence  and  lights       .  128 
sewer,  lamp,  and  water  departments,  etc.,  to  be  notified 
by,  when  he  is  about  to  construct  or  break  up  sur- 
face of  street 129 

removal  of  snow  from  streets  by  street  railway  to  be 

under  direction  of 133 

to  keep  entrances  to  catch-basins  open,  etc.        .         .         .       123-128 

shall  keep  a  record  of  notices  of  defects    ....  132 

SIDEWALKS.     See  STREETS,  COMMONS,  ETC. 

shall  be  maintained  at  expense  of  city        ....        11-134 

when  owner  to  make  repairs 134 

record  of  to  be  kept  by  city  clerk        .....  134 

plank  walks  not  to  be  laid  without  license          .        .        .  134 

to  be  constructed  in  accordance  with  plan  of  city  engineer  135 

to  be  removed  on  order  of  board  of  aldermen    .        .         .  135 
shall  be  taken  up  by  owners  on  order  of  superintendent 

of  streets 135 

coal  holes  not  to  be  constructed  without  license        .        .  135 

size  and  use  of  coal  holes 135 

covers  to  have  legs,  etc       .......  135 

signs  not  to  be  placed  in  sidewalk       .         .         .        .  135 

conductor  not  to  direct  water  across  .....  135 

snow  and  ice  to  be  removed  by  tenant        ....  136 

penalty 136 

owner  to  remove  snow  and  ice  if  no  tenant       .        .        .  136 

penalty 136 

temporary,  to  be  maintained  when  building       .        .         .  137 

awnings,  etc.,  not  to  be  erected  without  permission  .        .  137 
conditions  relative  to  maintaining  coal  holes,  posts,  poles, 

conduits,  etc.,  in  street 137 


272 


INDEX. 


SIDEWALKS  —  Continued. 

owner  shall  indemnify  city  against  damages 

persons  not  to  loiter  more  than  twenty  minutes  on  side- 
walk .......... 

nor  more  than  five  minutes  after  being  requested  to  move 

no  person  shall  place  or  carry  a  sign  on  a  sidewalk  with- 
out authority  ........ 

vehicles  on  sidewalks  prohibited         ..... 

obstructions  on  sidewalk  prohibited  ... 

banana  skin,  orange  peel,  etc.,  not  to  be  thrown  on  side- 
walk .......... 

STREET  RAILWAYS 

snow  not  to  be  removed  from  tracks  except    . 

salt,  etc.,  not  to  be  put  on  tracks 

regulations  concerning 

SUB-AUDITOR.    See  AUDITING  DEPARTMENT. 

how  may  be  designated 

term  of  service 

duties 

auditor  to  be  responsible  for 


SUBORDINATES. 

how  appointed  and  removed 

terms  of  service 

causes  for  removal  to  be  assigned  in  writing  . 
appointments  and  removals  to  be  certified  to  mayor     . 
shall  furnish  information  to  mayor  and  city  council 
may  be  summoned  by  mayor  for  advice,  etc.  . 

SUITS 

pending,  not  affected  by  these  ordinances 

SUPERINTENDENT   OF   PUBLIC   BUILDINGS.    See  CON- 
STRUCTION OF  BUILDINGS  DEPARTMENT. 

SUPERINTENDENT  OF  SCHOOLS 

to  be  anually  elected 


PAGE 
137 

187 
187 

189 

189 

189-190 

190 


133 
133 
203 


35 
35 
35 
35 


12-13 
13 
13 
13 
13 
22 


20 


12 


SUPERINTENDENT    OF   SEWERS. 

MENT. 


See  SEWER   DEPART- 


SUPER1NTENDENT    OF    WATER    WORKS. 
WORKS   DEPARTMENT. 


See    WATER 


SURVEYOR  OF  HIGHWAYS.    See  EXECUTIVE. 

the  mayor  to  be 

power  not  limited  by  certain  ordinances 

SURVEYORS  OF  MECHANICS'  WORK 

appointment  of 

SURVEYORS,  PUBLIC 

appointment  of 


SWIMMING 

so  as  to  be  exposed  to  view  of  persons  in  streets,  forbidden 

SWINE 

not  to  go  at  large  in  streets . 


6 
138 


23 
6-8 
189 

187 


INDEX. 


273 


TAXES.      See   ASSESSORS'    DEPARTMENT    AND     TREASURY 

DEPARTMENT. 

list  of,  when  to  be  placed  in  the  hands  of  collector     .       .  29 

record  of  abatement  of 29 

collection  of  sewer  and  sidewalk  assessment        ...  141 

apportionment  of  sewer  and  sidewalk  assessments     .        .  30-141 

treasurer  to  be  collector  of  taxes     .        .        .        .        .        .  10-139 

deputy  collectors  of  taxes .  10-142 

treasurer  may  issue  warrants 10 

disposal  of  fees  for  collection  of 10-142 

list  of  assessments,  when  to  be  placed  in  treasurer's  hands  29 

record  of  abatement  of,  to  be  made 29 

on  polls,  how  collected 142 

summons  to  delinquents 142 

treasurer  to  give  notice  on  tax-bills 143 

interest  on,  when  unpaid  October  10th 142 

TAX  TITLES 

mayor  may  release,  when 23 


TAXES,  ABATEMENTS  OF 

certificate  of 29 

TELEPHONE  COMPANIES.     See  CITY  ELECTRICAL  DEPARTMENT. 

TERMS  OF  OFFICE 

of  officers  elected  by  the  people          .....  5 

TOY-PISTOL 

possesson  of,  on  streets  forbidden 189 

TREES.     See  STREET  DEPARTMENT. 

on  commons,  etc.,  not  to  be  climbed,  nor  horses  tied  to, 

nor  bills  posted  on,  etc 190 

on  land  appurtenant  to  Fresh  Pond  not  to  be  climbed,  nor 

horses  tied  to     ........  192 

in  streets  not  to  be  climbed,  nor  horses  tied  to,  nor  bills 

posted  on,  etc. 187 

TROUGHS 

for  drinking,  not  to  be  contaminated          ....  189 

TRUANTS 

provisions  relative  to  ........  175 

Middlesex  County  Truant  School  provided   for  confine- 
ment of        ...  175 

TREASURY  DEPARTMENT 

creation  of 21 

under  charge  of  what  officer                .                 ...  21-139 

under  control  of  mayor       .......  21 

ordinance  in  relation  to                .         .        .        .        •         .  139 

election  of  treasurer    ........  10 

to  be  sworn          .........  10 

tenure  of  office 10-139 

salary  of '  -  160 

his  general  duties 139 


274 


INDEX. 

TREASURY  DEPARTMENT  —  Continued. 

to  make  annual  report  to  city  council         .        .  .       141-155 

to  make  monthly  report  to  auditor      .....  141 

removal  from  office     ......  10 

vacancy 139 

shall  deliver  property  of  city  to  successor,  etc.          .        .  10 

treasurer  to  be  collector  of  taxes       .....  10 

powers  as  collector  of  taxes 10-139 

as  such  may  issue  warrant  for  collection  of  taxes    .  10 

may  appoint  deputy  collectors  of  taxes      ....  10 

bonds  of  deputies        ........  10 

powers  of  deputies 10 

fees  for  collection  of  taxes,  etc.,  how  disposed  of    .        .  10-11 

shall  negotiate  all  loans      .......  139 

assessments    for    construction   of    sewers,    etc  .    to   be 

reported  to 30 

to  be  notified  of  designation  of  sub-auditor  ...  35 
shall  receive  daily,  amount  of  fees,  etc.,  received  by  city 

officers 39 

to  have  custody  of  auditor's  bond       .....  31 

assessors,  to  address  certificates  of  abatement  to  29 

treasurer  to  be  collector  of  rents,  water  rates,  etc.            .  140 

to  give  notice  that  bills  for  water  rates  are  due         .        .  140 

to  collect  bills  due  for  water,  etc 140 

to  make  daily  reports  of  receipts  on  account  of  water 

works  to  water  registrar 140 

water  registrar  to  deliver  bill  for  water  rates  to  .  .  149 
water  registrar  to  furnish  certificates  of  abatements  and 

refund  to 150 

to  keep  account  of  receipts  and  payments  .  .  .  140 
to  pay  to  commissioners  of  sinking  funds,  certain  sums 

annually 127 

to  receive  from  commissioners  of  sinking  fumds,  sums  of 

money  required  to  pay  city  debts      ....  127 

accounts  of  to  conform  with  auditor's       ......  r. ..,  140 

to  keep  a  separate  account  for  each  department        .        .  140 

to  pay  out  money  only  on  mayor's  order,  except,  etc.        .  141 

to  collect  assessments  for  sewers  and  sidewalks       .  141 

bond  of  treasurer        .        .        .        .        .        .        .        .  140 

heads  of  departments  to  furnish  weekly  pay-rolls  of  em- 
ployees to 141 

fees,  charges,  etc  ,  to  be  property  of  city  ....  10-11-142 
to  make  monthly  statement  of  fees,  etc.,  to  auditor  .  141-142 
necessary  expense  of  deputy  collectors,  etc.,  may  be 

allowed 142 

clerks  in  office  of,  how  appointed        .         .        .        .        .  156 

salary  and  removal  of  such  clerks      .....  156 

to  make  up  his  accounts  to  include  November  30                .  141 

to  sign  bonds,  etc.,  for  the  payment  of  money          .        .  139 

collection  of  poll-taxes  by   .        .        .        .        .         .        .  142 

demand  of  payment  of  other  taxes  by         ....  142 

to  issue  summons  to  delinquents  when       ....  142 

to  give  notice  on  tax  bills 143 

to  receive  money  for  perpetual  care  of  lots  in  cemetery    .        37-139 


INDEX.  275 

PAGE 

TREASURY  DEPARTMENT  —  Continued. 

shall  notify  superintendent  of  cemetery  of  such  payments  139 
to  pay  interest  on  such  moneys  to  cemetery  commissioners        37-140 

shall  invest  cemetery  fund 140 

to  certify  to  mayor  the  payment  of  mortgages  .         .         .        23-141 
to  make  annual  statement  to  the  city  council  of  all  fees, 

etc.,  received  by  him 141-155 

to  collect  bills  delivered  him  by  board  of  health        .        .  53 

office  hours  of  treasurer      .         .  ,      .         .         •         .         .  155 
all  drafts  upon  to  be  signed  by  mayor  and  countersigned 

by  auditor 32 

auditor  shall  certify  all  bills  to 32 

certificates  signed  by  auditor  shall  be  paid  by    .        .        .  32 

form  of  certificate  of  auditor      ......  32 

shall  give  to  auditor  j  notes,  bonds,  executions,  etc.,  which 

are  paid      .........  32 

committee  on  accounts   to   determine  method    of  book- 
keeping         33 

mayor  authorized  to  draw  orders  on,  when  certified          .  33 
mayor  authorized  to  draw  orders  on,  when  not  certified, 

for  what 33 

treasurer  may  pay  judgments  against  the  city    ...  34 
treasurer  may  pay  principal  or  interest  of  bonds,  notes,  etc.  34 
1      treasurer  may  pay  refunds  certified  to  water  board  .        .  34 
no  money  to  be  paid,  unless  previously  granted  and  ap- 
propriated            9 

proceedings  before  money  is  paid  out  of  treasury      .        .  120 
fees  from  public  library  to  be  paid  quarterly  into  the 

treasury     .........  120 

shall  use  money  and  property  of  city,  as  directed  by  city 

council 139 

financial  year  to  begin  December   1 139 

treasurer  may  be  elected  treasurer  of  sinking  funds  .        .  139 

shall  pay  all  drafts,  checks  and  orders        ....  139 

shall  pay  all  executions  against  the  city      ....  139 

shall  pay  all  bonds  and  interest 139 

shall  cancel  all  bonds,  etc.,  and  transmit  to  the  auditor    .  139 

shall  receive  money  for  dog  licenses  .....  140 
shall  credit  the  same  to  the  appropriation  for  the  public 

library 140 

his  election  void  if  bond  not  given 140 

new  election  to  be  had  forthwith  if  bond  not  given   .        .  140 
he  shall  notify  mayor  of  death  or  insolvency  of  sureties 

on  bond      .         .         .         .         . ,      •         .         •         •  140 

shall  give  a  strengthening  bond  ......  140 

failure  to  give  new  bond,  consequence 140 

shall  make  weekly  payments  to  employes  .  141 

may  send  clerk  or  pay-master  to  pay  employes  ...  141 
may  transport  pay-master  to  place  of  payment           .        .       141-142 

shall  render  monthly  statements  to  mayor         .         .         .  143 

officers  and  boards  to  pay  into,  daily  all  money  received    .  155 
certain  officers  and  boards  to  pay  into,  weekly,  all  money 

received      .        .        .        .        .        .        .        .        .  155 

committee  on  finance  to  examine  and  audit  .accounts  of     .  160 


276 


INDEX. 


UNDERTAKERS 

appointment  of 

term  of  office        ...*..... 
no  person  except,  to  bury  bodies  of  deceased  persons 

all  deaths  to  be  reported  to 

duties  and  powers        ........ 

may  employ  porters     .        .        •        .    -    . 

removal  of  undertakers  and  porters  by  mayor  and  aldermen 

opening  of  graves        ........ 

fees 

fees  to  be  printed  upon  licenses  ...... 

VACANCIES 

certain,  may  be  filled  by  mayor 


VAULTS.     See  CESSPOOLS. 

VEHICLES.     See  CARRIAGES. 

conveying  gunpowder,  regulations  as  to    . 

used  in  collecting  junk 

not  to  be  driven  on  sidewalk       ...... 

regulation  concerning  use  of  streets  by 

VELOCIPEDES 

use  of  on  sidewalks  restricted  .          . 

VETO  POWER 

of  mayor 

objections  to  be  entered  upon  records        . 
reconsideration  of  matters  objected  to 
two-thirds  vote  required  to  pass  over  veto 
yea  and  nay  vote  required  .        .        .        .        .        . 

matters  not  returned  in  ten  days  to  be  in  force  . 
partial  veto  ........ 

VINEGAR.     See  INSPECTION  OF  MILK  AND  VINEGAR  DEPART- 
MENT. 

VOTERS 

meetings  of,  to  be  called  by  warrant .        .        .        . 
to  elect  mayor,  aldermen  and  common  councilmen    . 
to  elect  assessors  and  school  committee     . 
thirty  voters  may  request  a  general  meeting 

VOTES   OF   EITHER  BRANCH 

when  to  be  approved  by  mayor 

WALLS.     See  CONSTRUCTION  OF  BUILDINGS  DEPARTMENT. 

WARDS 

number  and  boundaries  of  .        .        .        .         . 
city  council  may  alter  boundaries  of  . 
number  of  members  of  common  council  in  the  several 
removal  of  officers  from,  not  to  affect,  etc. 
change  of  boundaries  not  to  create  vacancies    . 
warrants  for  calling  meetings  of  citizens  of 


PAGE 

24-185 
185 
185 
185 
185 
185 
185 
185 
185 
186 


22 


179 
182 
189 
207 


188 


4-169 
4 

4-170 

5 

5 

171 


INDEX.  277 

WARRANTS  AND  ELECTIONS 

ordinance  concerning 171 

all  meetings  of  inhabitants  to  be  holden  in  pursuance  of  .  5 

to  be  issued  by  aldermen 5-171 

form,  service,  and  return  of 5-171-172 

new,  on  failure  to  elect  mayor  or  members  of  city  council  5 

for  general  meeting  of  qualified  voters       ....  5-172 

for  elections  to  till  vacancies       ......  5 

WATER  BOARD.     See  WATER  WORKS  DEPARTMENT. 
WATER  LOAN.     See  SINKING  FUND  DEPARTMENT. 
WATER  RATES.     See  WATER  WORKS  DEPARTMENT. 
WATER  .REGISTRAR.     See  WATER  WORKS  DEPARTMENT. 

WATER    WORKS,    SUPERINTENDENT    OF.     See    WATER 
WORKS  DEPARTMENT. 

WATER  WORKS   DEPARTMENT 

creation  of 21 

under  charge  of  what  officers 21-144 

under  control  of  mayor 21 

ordinance  in  relation  to 144 

water  board  to  be  continued  in  power 14 

how  constituted 144 

appointment  of 24-144 

term  of  office 144 

member  of  city  council  not  to  be  member  of        ...  144 

vacancies 144 

president  of,  how  elected    .        .        .        .        .        .        .        .  144 

duties  of  president .  145 

may  choose  a  clerk 144 

powers  of  board 144 

may  appoint  a  superintendent,  water  registrar,  etc.        .  144 

annual  report  of  water  board 144 

may  sell  personal  property  of  the  water  department         .  145 

shall  elect  superintendent  of  water  works        .        .  145 

duties  of  superintendent 145 

members  of,  not  to  be  interested  in  contracts,  etc.     .        .  145 

to  determine  water  rates 145 

may  make  regulations  as  to  introduction  and  use  of  water  145 

to  decide  what  is  a  waste  of  water 149 

may  restrict  the  use  of  water 149 

may  cut  off  water  and  impose  fines  for  neglect  to  comply 

with  its  orders 149 

may  restrict  use  of  hand-hose  to  certain  hours    .        .        .  149 

may  ascertain  by  meter  the  quantity  of  water  used    .        .  153 
may  fix  rates  for  water  used  for  purposes  not  specified 

in  tariff  fixed  by  ordinance 153 

may  prevent  erection  of  yard  hydrants         ....  153 
may  prevent  supply  to  water-closets  not  conforming  to 

plumbing  ordinance 153 

may  prescribe  regulations  for  skating  on  Fresh  Pond       .  192 

registrar  to  keep  a  record 147 

to  make  annual  report  to  water  board  in  full  .        .  147 

shall  cut  off  water  for  violation  of  regulations         .       147-149 

to  grant  permits  for  alteration,  etc.,  of  water  pipes 

in  houses,  etc.  148 


278 


INDEX. 


WATER  WORKS  DEPARTMENT—  Continued, 
registrar  —  continued. 

may  enter  premises  of  water  takers     .... 

to  make  out  bills  for  water,  etc 

to  deliver  same  to  treasurer 

bills  to  be  numbered 

to  furnish  certificates  of  abatements  and  refunds    . 
to  make  montly  reports  of  bills  and  abatements 

to  auditor 

abatement  for  error  made  in  rates  charged 

election  of  registrar 

his  terms  of  office 

duties 

annual  report  of  abatements,  bills,  etc. 

to  visit  annually  all  premises  wrhere  water  is  taken 

when  water  rates  are  not   paid,   etc.,   to  cut  off 

supply 

may  make  abatements  in  water  rates 

shall  certify  refunds  to  treasurer         .... 

water  rates,  when  payable 

penalty  for  non-payment  of 

for  water  supplied  through  meter       .... 

may  be  abated  by  registrar 

to  be  charged  to  owner  of  the  property 

for  dwelling-houses 

for  apartment  houses  or  family  hotels 

for  stores,  etc 

for  private  stables 

for  livery  stables,  etc 

for  car  and  omnibus  stables 

for  truck  and  cart  stables 

for  hose  in  a  stable 

for  hose 

for  hotels 

for  baths 

for  steam  engines 

for  water  used  through  meter 

for  water  supplied  for  other  purposes,  how  fixed 

to  be  collected  by  treasurer 

treasurer  to  notify  all  persons  of  . 
discounts  and  abatements  to  be  reported  monthly 
to  auditor       ....".... 
water  used  by  city  to  be  free  of  charge 
receipts  for,  to  be  paid  into  treasury  .... 
money  not  to  be  paid  out  except 

water  loan 

salary  of  treasurer  of  sinking  fund      .... 


water 


for  fountains 

interfering  with  pipes,  reservoirs,  etc.,  forbidden    . 
regulations  relative  to  the  use  of 

to  be  printed  on  bill  for  water  rates 
persons  taking,  to  keep  service  pipes  in  repair 

not  to  be  wasted 

pipes,  etc.,  inserted  by  city,  not  to  be  altered,  etc.   . 
not  to  be  supplied  to  parties  not  entitled  to  its  use, 

except  by  special  permission      . 
abatement  for  non-use  of 


149 
149 
14!) 
150 
150 

150 
150 
I4fi 

146 
146 
146 
146 

146-147 
147 
150 
146 
146 
147 
148 
149 
150 
151 
151 
152 
152 
152 
152 
152 
152 
152 
152 
153 
153 
153 
140 
140 

141 
153 
146 
146 


154 


148 
147 
147 
147 

147-148 
148 
148 

148 
148 


INDEX. 


270 


WATER  WORKS  DEPARTMENT—  Continued. 
water  —  continued. 

seal  locks  on  faucets        ....... 

penalty  for  waste  of  water,  etc  ...... 

for  not  keeping  :service  pipes,  etc.,  in  good 
order     ........ 

to  consult  with  superintendent   of   streets,  etc., 
when  street  is  to  be  opened     .... 

injuries  to  pipes,  reservoirs,  etc  ...... 

police  to  report  waste      ....... 

to  consult  with  city  engineer  in  regard  to  location 
of  water  pipes        ....... 

opening  of  water  pipe,  fire  hydrant,  etc.,  prohibited, 
except      ......... 

WAYS.    See  STREET  DEPARTMENT. 

WEIGHERS,  PUBLIC 

appointment  of       ......... 

to  be  sworn    ........... 

of  hay,  of  coal,  of  boilers  and  heavy  machinery  . 

duties  of         ........... 

certificate  to  be  given  by   ........ 

accounts  to  be  kept  by       ........ 

fees  of     ........        . 

to  keep  scales  clear  of  snow,  etc  ....... 

compensation        .......... 

WEIGHTS  AND    MEASURES.     SEE  SEALER  OF  WEIGHTS 
MEASURES  DEPARTMENT. 


148 
149 

149 

129 

147 

153-154 

122 
147 


6-8-23-168 
168 
23 
168 
168 
168 
168 
168 
168 


WHEEL-BARROWS.    See  VEHICLES. 

WIRES.    See  CITY  ELECTRICAL  DEPARTMENT. 
conditions  of  maintaining  under  street         . 

WHARVES.    See  STREETS,  COMMONS,  ETC. 
persons  not  to  injure 

WEEKLY  PAYMENTS 
of  employees 

WOMEN 

police  stations  designated  for  confinement  of 

WORKHOUSE 

for  what  persons 
almshouse  to  be   . 


WORKING  DAY 

for  laborers  and  mechanics  to  be  nine  hours 


YEAR 


financial,  when  it  begins    . 
municipal,  relating  to  terms  of  office 


137 

190 

33-35 

25 

176 
176 

156 


13-34 

5 


SPECIAL  INDEX 


CONSTRUCTION,  ETC.,  OF  BUILDINGS 


SPECIAL  INDEX 


283 


CONSTRUCTION  OF  BUILDINGS  DEPARTMENT 
creation  of   ........ 

under  charge  of  what  officer        .... 

under  control  of  mayor       .... 

ordinance  in  relation  to 

appointment  of  inspector    ..... 


ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 

to  be  given  by  superintendent  of  request  for  certificate  of 
egress         ......... 

AIR  DUCTS 

not  to  be  placed  in  certain  buildings  ..... 
or  unless  protected      .        .  ..... 

AIR  PASSAGES 

shall  have  a  fire  and  smoke  stop  at  each  floor     . 
See  FIRE  STOP. 

AIR  PIPES 

for  water  closet  traps,  how  made       ..... 
how  connected  with  drain  pipe   .        . 

AIR  (HOT)  PIPES 

how  placed  in  connection  with  wood  work 

register  boxes,  how  made  and  placed          .... 

See  HOT  AIR  REGISTER  BOXES. 

AIR  SPACE 

in  buildings  of  first-class,  how  limited       .... 

ALTERATIONS.     (See  REPAIRS.) 

change  of  egress  in  case  of         ...... 

effect  upon  certificate  as  to  egress  given     .... 

height  of  exterior  walls  of  certain  buildings  when  altered 
in  buildings  in  which  lathing  or  plastering  is  to  be  done, 

fire  stops  required,  or  gas  pipes  and  meters  to  be 

placed — owners  to  be  notified  ready  for  inspection . 
in  buildings  used  for  mechanical  or  mercantile  purposes 

—  superintendents  certificate   of    weight    bearing 

capacity  of  floor  to  be  posted 

in  buildings  used  for  stable  purposes,  how  placed  as  to 

other  land  and  buildings   ...... 

in  locations  of  stationary  boiler,  furnace,  or  range  set  in 

masonry — none  without  license  of  superintendent  . 

meaning  of  word  ' '  alteration  " 

of  exterior  walls  of  buildings  within  five  feet  of  line  of 

street,  fence  required 

of  buildings  to  assembly  halls     ...... 


PAGE 

21 

21-55 
21 
55 
23 


61 

60 

77 

79 


100 
100 


60 

78 


93 


61 
63 


72 

63 

77 
95 

79 
81 


284  SPECIAL  INDEX. 

PAGE 

ALTERATIONS  —  Continued. 

of  air  in  theatres 84 

of  buildings  into  tenement  or  lodging  houses,  height  of 

rooms 85 

of  buildings  to  more  than  seventy  feet  in  height  shall  be 

first-class  buildings 93 

of  wooden  buildings  wall  or  structure  not  without  license 

of  superintendent 94 

of  buildings  within  fire  limits,  not  without  license  of 

superintendent 94 

of  buildings  within  fire  limits  to  conform  to  that  ordi- 
nance for  a  new  structure         .....  94 

of  third-class  buildings  within  fire  limits,  none  without 
permit  from  superintendent— and  to  comply  with 
conditions  of  permit .......  95 

license  for    ...........  57 

notice  to  be  given  superintendent 61 

notice  of  changes  affecting  certificate  as  to  egress  to  be 

given  superintendent 61 

supports  required  in  case  of 57-74 

thickness  of  walls  of  buildings  other  than  brick  and  stone 

altered 63 

under  charge  of  superintendent 55-56 

weight  of  floor  to  be  maintained 84 

ANCHORS 

for  brick  walls 67 

for  first-class  and  second-class  buildings    ....  70 

APARTMENT  HOUSES 

certain  shall  have  proper  means  of  egress  ....  57 

meaning  of  word .........  95 

not  to  be  erected  until  plans  of  same  submitted  to  super- 
intendent     59 

penalty  for  erecting  without  submitting  such  plans  .         .  60 

pitch  of  roof  limited    .  74 

shall  have  in  certain  cases  two  stairways  ....  58 
within  fire  limits,  none  to  be  built  within  twenty  feet  of 

another  structure      ...."...  79 

APPLICATION 

acknowledgment  of  and  effect  of  same       ....  61 

conditions  required  in 61 

for  certificate  as  to  means  of  egress 60 

for  injunction  by  superintendent 60 

for  license  for  grain  elevator,  buildings  for  storage  of 
combustibles  or  explosives,  chemical  or  rendering 

works 86 

last  name  to  be  published    .......  86 

renewals  of 61 

to  build 59 

AREA 

limit  of  partition  walls 69 

of  one  and  two-story  buildings  without  partition  walls     .  69 


SPECIAL  INDEX. 


285 


ARCHITECT 

to  deposit  plans 59-60 

ASHES  AND  WASTE  RECEPTACLE 

to  be  made  of  incombustible  substance       ....  85 

ASSISTANT  OR  DEPUTY  SUPERINTENDENT 

appointed  by  superintendent       ......  56 

powers  of     ..........  56 

AUDIENCE   OR  ASSEMBLY   HALLS 

exits  from 57-58-82-83 

plans  of  same  to  be  erected  to  be  submitted  to  superin- 
tendent      .........  59 

lights  in 82 

no  temporary  seats  or  obstruction  in 83 

within  fire  limits  not  to  be  built  within  twenty  feet  of 

another  structure,  unless,  etc.  .....  79 

AUTHORITY  OF  SUPERINTENDENT.  See  SUPERINTENDENT. 

BASEMENT 

thickness  of,  in  wooden  buildings      ......  63 

BEARINGS 

for  wooden  floor  or  roof  beams  in  first  and  second  class 

buildings    .                                 71 

BOARD  OF  EXAMINERS  OF  PLUMBERS 

consists  of  what 97 

organization  of    .........  97 

powers  and  duties        ........          97-98 

BOARD  OF  HEALTH 

license  issued  by  in  another  locality  .....  98 

may  order  connection  of  drain  with  common  sewer  .         .  98 

may  order  reconstruction  of  cesspool         ....  98 

may  approve  fixtures  for  water  closets      ....  100 

BOILERS 

above  cellar  or  basement  to  be  set  in  masonry  ...  76 

flues  outside,  if  exposed,  and  no  woodwork  on  same  .  75 

except  for  heating  not  to  be  erected  without  license  .  86 
not  to  be  placed  or  location  changed  without  license  of 

superintendent.  .......          77-86 

not  to  be  placed  under  auditorium,  or  passage  or  stairway 

of  any  exit  of  first  or  second  class  building  .  .  82 

protection  from  fire  from 59 

shells  of  flues  of  to  be  brick  work  .....  75 

so  placed  as  not  to  be  unsafe  or  dangerous  ...  78 

BRICK  WALLS 

how  built  and  anchored       .......  67 

inside  of  all  furred  shall  have  fire  stop      ....  78 

brick  walls,  how  anchored  .......  67 

how  built 67 

shall  have  fire  belt  or  stop .  78 

brick  piers,  how  bonded 67 


286 


SPECIAL  IJSTDEX. 


BRICK  WALLS  —  Continued. 

brick  work  consists  of  what 

of  floor  timbers  in  party  walls    . 

of  party  and  partition  walls 

of  piers        

over  fire  places,  how  supported  . 
of  chimney  enclosed  by  fire  stop 


BUILDINGS 

access  to  roof  of  and  openings  for  same    .... 

boarding  house,  egress  from       ...... 

plans  before  erection  of      ....... 

stairways  in 

brick  building  more'than  fifty  feet  in  width  to  have  parti- 
tion walls 

thickness  of  external  and  party  walls         .... 
end  of  floor  beams  and  rafters,  how  cut    .... 
floor  timbers,  headers  or  trimmers,  how  cut 
foundations  of     ......... 

walls  of 

more  than  two  stories  in  height 

partition  walls  in         ........ 

BUTTRESSES 

shall  be  bonded 

strength  of  piers  when  used 

CELLARS 

how  protected      ......... 

cellar,  how,  ventilated          . 

of  stables,  deviations  as  togas  piping  allowed  . 
to  be  connected  with  sewer  in  manner  as  superintendent 
may  approve 

CELLARS  OF 

at  what  grade  constructed 

foundation  walls  to  be  below • 

ventilation  of  .         . 


CEMENT 

not  allowed  in  joints  or  fittings  . 

CENTRAL  SQUARE 

area  included  within    .... 

CERTAIN   BUILDINGS 

placed  with  reference  to  adjoining  lots 
and  to  other  buildings 


CERTIFICATES 

of  superintendent  as  to  files  of  plans,  etc. 

of  weight  bearing  capacity  to  be  posted  in  certain  buildings 

to  plumbers  by  superintendent 

to  superintendent  by  board  of  examiners  .... 

CESSPOOLS 

not  allowed  when 


PAGE 

67 
71 
68 
68 
76 
78 


63 

57-58-59 
59 

58 

94 
70 
71 
72 

64-65-66 
67 

58-59 
62 


73 

64 
64 
71 

10  i 

64 
66 
64 

71 

90 

69 
79 

59-61 

72 
97 
97 

86 


SPECIAL  INDEX. 


287 


CHANGE 

in  premises  ..........  61 

notice  of 56-61-62 

CHASE 

if  used  in  partition  wall,  depth  limited       ....  73 

none  to  be  used  in  partition  wall  without ....  73 

CHURCHES 

egress  from 57-59 

conductors  from          .......  74 

stairways  in          .........  58 

CHIMNEYS 

how  topped  out ,  75 

furring  not  used  against 75 

headers  and  trimmers,  how  placed      .....  77 

how  constructed  .........  74-78 

license           ..........  73 

nails  not  to  be  driven  into   .         .        .         •         •         .         •  75 

flues  for  soft  fuel 75 

plastering  of        .     ' 75 

not  to  be  used  as  a  ventilator  for  a  trap  or  drain  pipe       .  100 

CITY   COUNCIL 

recommendation  of  increase  of  area  of  one  or  two  story 

buildings,  etc 69 

permission  as  to  building  certain  kind  of  ....  74 

CITY  ENGINEER 

to  furnish  grades         ........  56 

CIVIL   SERVICE   COMMISSION 

shall  examine  persons  desiring  appointment  as  inspectors 

of  plumbing       ........  98 

COLUMNS 

placing  and  bearings  of       .......  73 

COMBUSTIBLES 

buildings  for  storage  of,  not  to  be  erected  without  license  86 

CONNECTIONS 

of  iron  and  lead  pipes,  how  made 99 

CONDENSER 

to  be  provided  for  steam  exhaust  pipe  when   connected 

with  drain,  sewer  or  waste  pipe       ....  101 

CONDUCTORS 

not  to  be  placed  so  as  to  cause  water  to  flow  across  side- 
walks                    73-74 

COPPER   PIPE 

in  gas  piping  not  to  be  used        ......  71 

CORNICES 

projection  over  highways  by  license 64 

wrhen  wall  finished  with  same,  weight  of  to  be  inside        .  73 


288  SPECIAL  INDEX. 

CORPORATION 

how  examined  and  licensed  as  a  plumber    ....  97 

DEFINITIONS 

of  terms 95-96 

DEPUTY  SUPERINTENDENT 

how  appointed  and  duties 56 

DISTRICT  POLICE  FORCE.     CHIEF  OF 

renewal  of,  acknowledgement  for  application  for  certifi- 
cate    61 

notice  of  change  in  premises  to  be  given  to        ...  61 

DOORWAYS 

in  partition  walls         ........  69 

not  to  be  cut  through  without  permit         ....  72 

DRAINS 

house  drains  outside,  construction  of         ....  99 

house  drains  inside,  construction  of 99 

and  connections,  how  constructed      .                 .        .        .  99 

how  packed 100 

wiped  cup  joints,  what  deemed 100 

to  be  connected  with  sewer  when  ordered  by  board  of 

health         .                 98 

water  leaders  to  be  separately  trapped       ....  101 

DRIP  AND  OVERFLOW  PIPE 

shall  not  be  connected  with  drain  or  sewer  pipe        .        .  101 

DWELLING  HOUSES.     See  BUILDINGS. 

DYNAMO 

except  for  heating,  not  to  be  erected  without  license        .  86 

DEPOTS 

doors  and  windows  of  certain  to  open  outwards       .        .  57 

provisions  as  to  openings  in  party  and  partition  walls,  do 

not  apply  to 69 

within  fire  limits  not  to  be  built  within  twenty  feet  of  an- 
other structure,  unless,  etc.  .....  79 

requirements  as  to  partition  wall,  not  applicable  to   .        .  94 

DORMITORIES 

of  the  first  and  second  class,  requirements  as  to  partition 

walls,  not  applicable  to        ......  94 

DWELLING  HOUSES 

ordinance  in  general,  apply  to,  egress  from  if  more  than 

two  stories  in  height 80 

foundation  walls  of 64 

of  wooden  structure  for  dwellings  not  exceeding  two 

stories  in  height 67 

not  to  be  used  for  storage  of  inflammable  material  .        .  85 

weight  of  floors  of 72 

sanitary  arrangements  for 86 

cellar  of,  how  protected 64 


SPECIAL  INDEX. 

DWELLING  HOUSES  —  Continued. 

cellar  of,  how  ventilated 64 

egress  from,  means  of 57-58-59-80-81 

aisles,  not  to  be  obstructed 58-83 

certificate  as  to  proper  means  of,  from      ....     58-59-60 

certificate  of,  not  to  be  in  force  longer  than  license           .  61 

copy  to  be  posted 60 

in  case  of  theatres  and  public  assembly  halls      .         .         .  81-83 

notice  of  additional  ways  of        ......  61 

ways  of.  may  be  applied  to  outside  of  building         .        .  59 

ways  of,  may  project  over  highways          ....  59 

weight  and  effect  of  certificate  of       ..'...  60 
examination  of  materials,  construction,  alteration,  repair, 

and  use  of  by  the  superintendent      ....  55-60 
erected  within  eight  feet  of  a  street  to  be  furnished  with 

conductors          ........  73 

extinguishing  fire,  means  for 77 

EGRESS.    See  also  BUILDINGS. 

proper  means  to  be  provided 57-58-80-81 

certificate  of,  to  owner  or  lessee 58 

change  of  superintendent,  and  chief  of  district  police  to 

have  written  notice  of 61 

occupants  of  buildings  may  apply  for  certificates      .         .  59 

superintendent  to  give  written  notice  of  required  change  .  61 

shall  have  a  ventilating  skylight 58 

ELEVATORS 

construction  of 64-80 

license  for  erecting  and  operating  same      ....  86-81 

not  to  be  used  until  approval  of  superintendent         .  81 

how  long  to  be  operated  upon  license         ....  81 

ENGINE 

except  for  heating  not  to  be  erected  without  license         .  86 
not  to  be  placed  under  auditorium  or  stairways  of  certain 

buildings    .........  82 

EXCAVATIONS 

how  supported     ...                  .                 ...  57-64 

EXITS 

of  certain  buildings  shall  be  opened  for  every  audience    .  83 

EXPLOSIVES 

buildings  for  storing  same,  not  to  be  erected  without 

license        .........  86 

not  to  be  placed  under  stairways 81 

not  to  be  stored  so  as  to  render  egress  hazardous      .        .  81 

EXTERNAL  PARTS 

of  all  structures  of  third  class,  how  covered     ...  93 

EXTERNAL  WALLS 

how  built      .......                 .  68-69 

of  one  and  two  story  buildings,  how  covered     ...  69 

of  brick  buildings 70 

openings  in,  strength  of  piers 73 


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PAGK 

FENCE  ENCLOSURES 

to  be  erected  in  case  of  erection,  renewal,  or  alteration  of 

buildings  within  five  feet  of  line  of  a  public,  street  79 

FACTORIES 

egress  from 57-58-59 

plans  of  before  erection 59 

FAMILY  HOTEL 

egress  from 57-59 

plans  of  before  erection 59 

stairways  in 58 

within  fire  limits,  not  to  be  built  within  twenty  feet  of 

another  structure 79 

FIRST   CLASS 

air  space  limited  in 93 

anchors  for 70 

ends  of  floor  beams  in,  how  to  enter  wall      ....  71 

containing  more  than  fifty  rooms  above  first  floor  shall  be  93 

floors,  how  tied 72 

foundation  walls 68 

mortars  in .  64 

over  seventy  feet  high  shall  be 93 

party  walls  in  other  than  dwellings 68 

party  walls  to  be  of  brick 68 

pitch  of  roof  of  certain 74 

shall  have  supports  and  kind  of  same 72 

weight  bearing,  metal  to  be  protected 74 

what  constitutes 93 

what  shall  be         ...........  81-93 

upright  supports  for 74 

FOUNDATIONS  OF 64-65-66 

piles  for 66 

FRAME 

of  certain  height,  how  constructed 62-63 

grade  of  floor  of  basement 57 

FIRE  ESCAPES 

means  of 59 

strength  of  platform  of   . 59 

FIRE  EXTINGUISHERS 77 

FIRE  LIMITS 

established 79 

description  of  buildings  to  be  erected  in       ....  79-87 

means  of  egress  required  in 80 

FIRE  STOPS 

provisions  for 59 

notice  to    be   given    superintendent    before     placed    in 

buildings 62 

to  be  placed  inside  of  furred  brick  wall         ....  78-79 

to  be  located  by  superintendent      ......  62 

FIRM,  EXAMINATION  OF 

for  certificate  as  a  plumber       .......  97 

FLIGHTS 

extent  of,  in  assembly  halls,  etc 82 


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FLOOR 

area  of 69-70 

limit  to  recommendation 71 

of  superintendent  and  city  council 71 

beams  of,  how  tied 72 

beams,  how  to  enter  wall,  and  how  cut          ....  71 

hot-air  register  boxes  placed  in 76 

timber,  how  cut  for  piping 72 

how  supported  by  brickwork 71 

piping  to  be  laid  on  top  of  as  far  as  possible         ...  71 

how  far  placed  from  chimney 77 

walls,  how  tied 72 

safe  weight  of 72 

FLUES 

none  in  party  wall  without  license,  depth  of,  in  wall         .  73 

height  where  soft  fuel  used 75 

shall  be  plastered 75 

shall  be  set  in  brick 75 

requirements  for  woodwork  around  assured         ...  75 

how  placed  near  woodwork 77-78 

FOUNDATIONS  OF  FRAME    OR  WOODEN    BUILDINGS. 
See  BUILDINGS. 

FRONTAGE 

for  exits  for  certain  buildings 81 

FURNACES 

above  basement  to  be  set  in  masonry 76 

stationary,  not  to  be  changed  without  permit      ...  77 

top  of,  how  far  set  from  ceiling 77 

to  be  covered  with  brick 75 

shall  be  placed  so  as  to  be  safe 78 

except  for  heating,  not  to  be  erected  without  license       .  86 
not  to   be  located    under    auditorium    or   stairways   of 

certain  buildings 82 

furring,  how  near  to  chimney  placed 75 

GAS  LIGHTS 

in  theatres,  how  protected 84 

GAS  PIPES 

before  placed  in  buildings,  notice  to  be  given  to  super- 
intendent for  inspection 62 

to  be  located  by  superintendent 62 

requirements  for 71 

GRADE 

of  cellar  or  basement 64 

of  basement  floor  to  be  given  by  superintendent         .        .  57 

to  be  furnished  by  city  engineer 56 

GRAIN  ELEVATOR 

not  to  be  erected  without  license 86 

GREASE  TRAP 

to  be  constructed  in  certain  buildings 102 

HARVARD  SQUARE 

area  included  within 91 


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HEADERS 

how  cut  for  piping 72 

how  hung 72-77 

HEARTHS 

how  constructed          .  76 

HEATING  APPARATUS 

shall  be  set  so  as  to  be  safe 78 

not  to  be  placed  under  auditorium  or  stairways  of  certain 

buildings,  except  steam  or  hot  air  pipes  and  radiator  82 

HEIGHT 

of  buildings 57 

of  exterior  walls  in  tenement  or  lodging  houses         .  '     .  63 

HOT  AIR  PIPES 

in  certain  buildings,  not  to  be  placed  nearer  than  one 

inch  to  the  woodwork 60 

HOT  AIR  REGISTER  BOXES 

how  set 78 

in  partitions .  76 

HOT   WATER  HEATING 

not  to  be  put  in  without  license  of  superintendent      .        .  77 

HOUSES.    See  BUILDINGS. 

HEIGHT  OF    .               57 

of  exterior  walls  of  buildings  used  for  tenement  or  lodg- 
ing houses  63 

over  seventy  feet  shall  be  a  first  class 93 

containing  more  than  fifty  rooms  above  first  fioor  shall  be 

first  class 93 

HOTELS 

certain,  shall  be  in  first  class 93 

egress  from 57-58-59 

pitch  of  roof  of 74 

plan  of  proposed  erection  to  be  made 59 

stairways  in 58 

requirements  as  to  partition,  not  applicable  thereto         .  94 

INSPECTION 

of ~.         .         .         .  62 

INFLAMMABLE  MATERIALS 

not  to  be  placed  under  stairways 81 

not  to  be  stored  so  as  to  render  egress  hazardous     .  81 

buildings  for  storage  of,  not  to  be  occupied  as  dwellings  .    85 

not  to  be  erected  without  license        ....  86 

INJUNCTION 

obtained  at  instance  of  superintendent       .        .  60 

INMAN  SQUARE 

area  included  within 92 

INNHOLDER 

who  fails  to  comply  with  provisions  of  ordinance  as  to 
exits,  red  lights,  and  night  wratchmen,  shall  forfeit 
his  license  ........  85 


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JOURNEYMAN  PLUMBER 

meaning  of  word 96 

KENDALL  SQUARE 

area  included  within ,  92 

LEDGER  BOARDS 

not  to  be  used  when 62 

LECHMERE  SQUARE 

area  included  within •  91 

LICENSE 

application  for,  to  be  filed  with  superintendent         .  86 

application  for,  to  be  published 86 

before  building,  every  person  shall  have     ....  56 
issued  by  Board  of  Health  or  Superintendent  in  another 

locality  may  be  renewed  by  superintendent      .        .  98 

cutting  for  piping,  not  more  than  two  inches  without       .  59 

one  of  a  firm  sufficient 97 

no  opening  in  party  or  partition  wall  without    ...  72 
no  recess,  chase  or  flue,  not  vertical,  shall  be  made  with- 
out special  license     .......  73 

for  steam  heating  apparatus 77 

no  engine,  boiler,  dynamo  or  furnace,  except  for  heating, 

without  license 86 

notice  of  hearing  on  application  for            ....  86 
required  by  law  a  municipal  ordinance,  person  applying 

must  have  certificate  of  superintendent   ...  61 
special  for  grain  elevators,  buildings  for  storage  of  com- 
bustibles or  explosives,  for  chemical  and  rendering 

works 86 

special  license  for  cornice 66 

special  license  for  piles  for  wooden  buildings   ...  67 

superintendent  may  revoke         ......  102 

to  inspectors  of  plumbers  by  Superintendent    ...  98 

wall,  structure,  damaged  by  fire,  repaired  without  license  94 
within  fire  limits,  no  building  or  structure  to  be  erected 

or  altered  without 94 

wooden  building,   wall  or  structure,   not  to  be  moved 

within  fire  limits  without 94 

LIGHT  SHAFTS 

shall  be  filled  between  studs  with  fire-proef  material        .  64 

LIGHTS 

for  rear  of  auditorium  and  for  passageways,  stairways, 
and  exits  of  certain  buildings,  shall  be  independent 
of  others 82 

LODGING  HOUSES.     See  BUILDINGS. 

LATHED  OR  PLASTERED  62 


294  SPECIAL  INDEX. 

LODGING  HOUSES. 

brick  partitions  in 62 

egress  from          .         .         . 57,  58,  59 

plan  of  before  erection        .                         ....  59 

safe  weight  of  floors  in 72 

stairway  in 58 

ventilation  or  transom  windows  in     .....  84 

sanitary  requirements  of .  86 

watchmen  for 84 

height  of  room  in 84-85 

not  to  contain  inflammables 85 

within  fire  limits  not  to  be  built  within  twenty  feet  of 

another  structure 79 

LAFAYETTE  SQUARE 

area  included  within 89 

LATHED  OR  PLASTERED  BUILDING.     See  BUILDING. 

LEADERS 

traps  to  be  provided  with  brass  clean-outs         ...  101 

for  buildings  within  eight  feet  of  a  public  street       .        .  73 

for  buildings  over  forty-five  feet  high                 ...  74 

MANUFACTURING 

wooden  structures,  upon  what  foundations  built      .        .  67 

pitch  of  roof  of 74 

MERCANTILE 

certificate  of  weight-bearing    capacity    of  floor    to    be 

posted  in 72 

egress  from 57-59 

height  roofs         .........  74 

plans  of  before  erection      .......  59 

safe  weight  of  floors  in       .......  72 

sanitary  requirements  of 86 

MATERIALS 

quality  of 56-63 

strength  of '..-...  56 

METAL-COVERED  DOORS 

in  wooden  buildings  to  the  satisfaction  of  superintendent  62 

METAL 

weight-bearing,  protection  of 74 

columns,  foundations  for 73 

METERS 

to  be  located  by  superintendent 62-71 

MORTARS 

how  made .  64 

NIGHT  WATCHMAN 

for  lodging  and  tenement  houses 85 

NOTICE 

of  change  of  premises  by  owner 61 

when  change  ordered  by  superintendent 61 

of  intentions  to  build  .  56 


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NOTICE—  Continued. 

of  proper  means  of  egress  to  be  given 57 

of  lathing  and  plastering 62 

to  superintendent  of  plumbing  to  be  inspected    .        .        .  102 

on  prohibition  of  use  of  elevator 81 

OBSERVATION 

structure,  or  stand  not  to  be  erected  on  roofs    ...  74 

OFFICE 

pitch  of  roof  of 74 

weight  of  floors 72 

OPENINGS 

in  partition  walls 69 

must  be  provided  \vitli  doors       .....  69 

ORDINANCES 

prior  repealed .         .  102 

penalty  for  violations  of 60-102 

OBSTRUCTIONS 

not  to  be  allowed  in  aisles  or  passageways  of  certain 

buildings 83 

•OVENS 

shells  of  flues  for,  how  set 75 

OWNER 

entitled  to  certificate  as  to  safety  of  appliances  for  egress  58 

entitled  to  notice  when  changes  ordered  by  superintendent  61 

to  connect  premises  with  sewer  ......  98 

to  pay  expenses  of  supporting  structure  in  process  of 

erection 57 

to  provide  proper  means  of  egress      .....  57 

OPENINGS 

at  floor 62 

in  partition  walls  of  other  than  first  class  buildings  .          69-73 

ONE  AND   TWO   STORY 

exterior  walls  and  roof  how  covered          ....  69 

line  covered          .........  69 

PLANS    OF 

before  alteration,  construction,  or  repair  to  be  filed  with 

superintendent 55-56-59-98 

PRIVATE   INSTITUTIONS 

within  fire  limit  not  to  be  built  within  twenty  feet  of 

another  structure  unless,  etc.  ....  79 

projection  of  egress  of,  over  highways       ....  59 

PUBLIC   BUILDINGS 

construction,  inspection,  repair,  alteration,  care  and  cus- 
tody of,  under  sold  charge  of  superintendent   .        .  55 
partition  walls  requirements  not  applicable  to   .        .        .               94 
egress  from          .........     57-58-59 

within  fire  limits  not  to  be  built  within  twenty  feet  of 

another  structure      .  79 


295 


296 


SPECIAL  INDEX. 


PUBLIC   HALL 

egress  from          .        .  .....  57-59 

plan  of  before  construction         ......  69 

within  fire  limits  not  to  be   built  within  twenty  feet  of 

another  structure,  unless,  etc.  .  .  79 

PUBLIC   HOTEL 

within  fire  limits  not  to  be  built  within  twenty  feet  of 

another  structure,  unless,  etc.  ....  79 

PUBLIC   INSTITUTIONS 

within  fire  limits  not  to  be  built  within  twenty  feet  of 

another  structure,  unless,  etc.  ....  79 

PARTITIONS   AND   PARTY   WALLS 

in  wooden  buildings  where  two  or  more  families  reside    .  62 

more  than  two  stories  high,  how  thick       ....  62 

between  buildings  nearer  than  three  feet    ....  63 

of  first  class  dwellings 68 

of  dwellings  of  the  first  and  second  class  ....  68 

of  buildings  of  the  first  and  second  class  other  than 

dwellings 68 

of  other  buildings        ........  69 

of  brick  buildings  other  than  dwellings,   thirty  feet  in 

width 70 

thickness  of  latter 70-71 

no  openings  to  be  cut  through  without  permit  of  super- 
intendent   ......... 

roof  and  floor  timber  entering  same  to  have  brickwork 

between  ends 71 

of  recess,  chase  or  flue  in  depth  limited      ....  73 

no  recess,  chase  or  flue  in  without  license 

hot  air  register  boxes  placed  in,  how  set    .        .        .        .  76 

separating  lobbies  in  theatres      ...... 


PENAL   OFFENSE. 

to  operate  elevator  or  remove  or  deface  notice  of  prohibi- 
tion of  use  of  same   . 


81 


PENALTY 

for  violation  of  ordinances 


60-102 


PERMIT.     See  LICENSE. 

PIERS 

requirements  for  67 

thickness  of,  in  case  of  openings  in  external  walls  or 

where  buttresses  are  used  ....  73 


PILING 

how7  driven  . 
grade  of  same 
requirements  for 
shall  have  caps 


66-67 
66 
66 
67 


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2<)7 


PIPES 

no  black  varnish  allowed 

drain  pipes  and  connections,  construction  of      ... 
to  be  put  in  buildings  according  to  plans  approved  by 

superintendent  ........ 

house  drains  outside  of  buildings  to  be  of  vitrified  drain 

pipe     ....  

inside  drains  of  iron  pipe  and  weight  of  same   . 
high  service  pipes  provided  for  stages  for  theatres  . 
iron  soil  pipes,  joints  and  how  packed        . 

lead  pipes,  joints  in 

soil  pipes 

waste  pipes  furnished  with  traps 

drip  or  overflow  pipes  not  to  be  connected  with  sewer     . 
steam  exhaust  pipe  to  be  supplied  with  a  condenser  . 
water  pipe  to  be  protected  from  frost        . 
to  be  put  to  water  test 

PLANS  AND   SPECIFICATIONS.     See  BUILDINGS. 

PLUMBERS 

must  be  licensed  ......... 

must  register 

must  be  examined  


PLUMBING 

none  done  without  permit 

inspection  of 

testing  of     ... 


PRACTICAL   PLUMBER 
meaning  of  . 

PRIVY 

for  certain  kind  of  houses 
not  allowed  when 


PROSCENIUM 

in  theatres,  how  protected  against  fire 
shall  be  provided  with  sprinklers 

PROJECTION 

of  egress  over  highways     . 


PUTNAM   SQUARE 

area  included  within    ........ 

QUINCY   SQUARE 

area  included  within 

RANGES 

shells  of  flues  of,  how  set 

outside  of  flues  exposed       . 

not  placed  or  changed  without  permit  of  superintendent 

RECESSES 

depth  of  

when  used,  strength  of  piers 


PAGE 

71 
99 

98 

99 

99 

84 

99 

100 

101 

100 

101 

101 

101 

101 


96 
96 
97 

98 
102 
101 


96 


86 

86 


83 

84 

59 
90 
91 


75 
75 

77 

73 
73 


298  SPECIAL  INDEX. 

REGISTER  BOXES 

how  set  and  of  what  made 78 

REPAIRS.     See  ALTERATIONS. 

of  egress 58 

of  buildings  burnt  by  fire 94 

ROOFS 

of  certain  one  and  two-story  buildings,  how  covered         .  70-74 

no  observation  stand  on 74 

pitch  of 74 

weight  bearing  capacity  of 74 

timber  in  party  walls,  how  supported         ....  71 

bearings  of 71 

how  cut,  entering  a  wall     .......  71 

how  cut  for  piping 72 

STEAM  HEATING 

not  to  be  placed  in  a  building  without  a  license          .        .  77 

STEAM  PIPE 

how  near  to  woodwork 60 

STIRRUP  IRONS 

to  be  provided  for  headers  .......  72 

all  furred  brickwork  shall  have 78 

before  putting  in  notice  to  be  given  superintendent  .        .  55-62 

STOPS 

fire  brick  required  by  superintendent 60 

STRUCTURES 

none  within  fire  limits  to  be  repaired  except  upon  license 

of  superintendent 94 

SUPPORTS 

required  by  every  structure 57 

upright,  how  protected        .......  74 

floor  bearing  for  first  and  second  class  buildings       .        .  72 

SUPERIM  TEN  DENT 

application  for  license  to  be  filed  with        ....  86 

area  for  partition  walls,  as  recommended  by     ...  69 

bow  vents  to  be  constructed  to  his  satisfaction         .        .  100 

cellar  to  be  connected  with  sewer  as  he  approves      .        .  101 
certain  buildings  not  to  be  altered  or  repaired  without 

license  of 94 

certain  buildings  not  to  be  altered  or  repaired  without  his 

approval     .........  94 

certificate  to  be  given  as  to  ways  of  egress  by  ...  59 

certificate  as  to  building  by 61 

certificate  of  weight  bearing  capacity  to  be  posted  in 

certain  buildings  built  or  altered  by          ...  72 

chimneys  plastered  as  approved  by 75 

chimneys  to  be  constructed  to  his  satisfaction  ...  74 

compensation  of 55 


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SUPERINTENDENT  —  Continued. 

control  of  enforcement  of  plumbing  ordinances  by    .  55 
fence  enclosures  for  protection  against  accidents  in  build- 
ing near  line  of  street,  to  be  to  his  satisfaction       .  79 
entitled  to  notice  of  change  in  premises     ....  61 
his  permit  necessary  before  any  plumbing  work  can  be 

done 98 

joints  shall  be  wiped  solder  unless  he  otherwise  permits  .  99 

license  for  chase,  recess  of  flue  in  party  wall  by  73 

materials  to  be  subject  to  his  approval       .  56 

may  prevent  employment  of  persons  in  certain  buildings .  57 

may  enter  premises  where  fire  has  occurred       ...  56 

may  direct  construction  of  stairways          ....  58 

may  compel  proper  supports  to  be  given  to  structures       .  57 
may  give  and  revoke  certificate  as  to  sufficiency  of  means 

of  egress 58-60 

may  require  fire  stops 60 

may  require  protection  for  hot  air  and  steam  pipes   .        .  60 

may  give  license  to  lathe  and  plaster  .....  62 
may  require  applicant  to  ascertain   by  boring  whether 

or  not  piling  is  necessary 66 

may  permit  modern  buildings  for  manufacturing  purposes 

to  be  built  on  certain  foundations     ....  67 

may  permit  use  of  rooms  in  private  stables        ...  85 
may  permit  external  walls  to  be  built  partly  of  iron  and 

steel 69 

may  permit  erection  of  cupolas  and  towers  without  party 

walls 69 

may  prescribe  automatic  fire  alarms  in  certain  lodging  and 

tenement  houses        .......  85 

may  prescribe  method  of  notifying  under  application        .  86 
may  prescribe  material  of  covering  of  walls  and  roofs  of 

one  and  two  story  buildings 69 

may  require  automatic  sprinklers  for  stages  of  theatres   .  84 

may  prohibit  use  of  certain  elevators          ....  81 

may  give  certificate  of  plumbing 97 

may  renew  license  of  plumbing  issued  in  another  locality  98 

may  revoke  license  to  plumber    ......  102 

may  require  nettings  for  skylight       .....  74 

may  require  protection  for  weight  bearing  metal       .        .  74 

may  require  proper  supports  to  be  given  all  structures      .  57 
notice  to  be  given  to,   of  buildings  to  be  lathed   and 

plastered 62 

no  openings  in  party  walls  without  license  of    ...  72 

no  boiler  erected  without  license  of 76 

no  boiler  changed  without  license  of  .         .        .        .        .  77 

no  elevator  used  until  his  approval 81 

no  wooden  buildings  within  fire  limits  to  be  moved  with- 
out his  permission 94 

no  alterations   on  third  class  buildings  except  with  his 

permission          .                          05 

notice  of  change  in  place  of  business  of  plumber  to  be 

given  him  .........  97 

notice  of  proposed  water  test  to  be  sent  him     .        .        .  101 


300 


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SUPERINTENDENT—  Continued. 

one  of  board  of  examiners  of  plumbers       ....  97 
plans  and  specifications  of  buildings  to  be  constructed  to 

be  filed  with       . 59 

partitions  and  metal  covered  doors  in  wooden  buildings  to 

be  to  his  satisfaction 62 

protection  of  woodwork  to  his  satisfaction        ...  77 
plans  for  pipes,  tanks,  faucets,  valves  and  other  fixtures 

subject  to  his  approval      ......  98 

report  annually  to  city  council 55 

requirements  as  to  smoke  pipes  and  setting  of  hot  air 

register  boxes,  under  control  of  .        .  76-78 

repairs  upon  soil  and  vent  pipes  submitted  to  water  test 

at  his  discretion 102 

shall  give  notice  to  owner  to  provide  proper  means  of  egress          57-61 

shall  direct  means  of  egress  from  fire         ....  58 

shall  be  an  architect,  builder  or  mechanic  ....  55 

shall  examine  and  inspect  buildings 56-60 

shall  make  records  of  violations  of  ordinances  ...  55 

shall  have  sole  charge  of  public  buildings  ....  56 

shall  appoint  an  assistant 56 

shall  supervise  construction  of  buildings  for  other  de- 
partments when  requested         .....  55 
shall  have  authority  of  inspector  of  buildings    ...  56 
shall  receive  notice  of  intention  to  build     ....  56 
shall  have  power  to  direct  notice  to  be  given  others  .        .  56 

shall  issue  licenses  to  build 56 

shall  designate  grade  of  basement 57 

shall  locate  gas  pipes  and  meters         .....          62-7 1 
shall  approve  thickness  of  wall  and  method  of  construc- 
tion of  buildings  in  whole  or  in  part  of  other  than 

brick,  stone  or  wood 63 

shall  provide  for  protection  of  wooden  buildings  erected 

near  others         ........  63 

shall  provide  for  protection  of  elevator  wells  and  light 

shafts 64 

shall  condemn  all  improper  mortars    .....  64 
shall  determine  depth  to  which  floor  timber  headers  or 

trimmers  of  brick  buildings  shall  be  cut  ...  72 

shall  direct  where  holes  are  to  be  bored  in  columns  .        .  73 
shall  determine  construction  of  chimneys,  flues,  furnaces, 

boilers  and  heating  apparatus  ....          77-78 

shall  determine  fire  stops  for  air  passages  ....  79 

snow  guards  shall  be  erected  to  his  satisfaction        .        .  79 
shall  approve  method  of  covering  of  external  parts  of 

third  class  buildings 93 

shall  give  notice  for  hearing  under  applications  for  license  86 
shall  receive  applications  for  appointment  of  persons  as 

plumbers    .........          96-97 

shall  appoint  one  or  more  inspectors  of  plumbers      .         .  98 
upon  application  for  a  certificate  of  egress,  shall  give  ac- 
knowledgment of  the  same 61 

ways  of  egress  as  specified  by,  may  be  placed  outside  of 

buildings  and  over  highways 59 


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SUPERINTENDENT—  Continued. 

water  closets  to  have  fixtures  satisfactory  to     .        .        .  100 

water  closets  shall  be  vented  as  he  deems  practicable       .  101 
when  pipes,  etc.,  are  ready  for  inspection,  notice  to  be 

given  to 102 

STABLES.     See  BUILDINGS. 

provisions  as  to  openings  in  partition  walls,  not  appli- 
cable to      .........  69 

requirements  as  to  partition  walls  not  applicable  to         .  94 

how  located  wTith  reference  to  adjoining  lots     ...  63 

STORAGE 

pitch  of  roof  of 74 

SCHOOL  HOUSES 

egress  from 57-58 

partition  walls  not  requisite  in  ......  94 

sanitary  arrangements  for  .......  86 

provisions  as  to  openings  in  party  walls,  not  applicable  to  69 
within  fire  limits  not  to  be  built  within  twenty  feet  of 

another  structure,  unless,  etc.          ....  79 

SECOND  CLASS 

anchors                 70 

ends  of  floor  beams  in,  how  to  enter  wall          ...  71 
exterior  parts  in  more  than  forty-five  feet  above  side- 
walk, how  made 79 

floors,  how  tied 72 

foundation  walls  of 68 

mortars  in    ..........  64-68 

party  walls  in  other  than  in  dwellings        ....  68 

party  walls  to  be  of  brick 68 

pitch  of  roof  of  certain 74 

roof  of,  within  fire  limits,  how  covered     ....  74 

shall  have  supports  and  kind  of  same        ....  72 

walls,  how  tied .  72 

weight-bearing  metal  to  be  protected         ....  74 

what  constitutes                   93 

SCALE 

for  gas  piping      .........  71 

SEWAGE 

to  be  connected  with  sewer         ......  98 

SEATS 

no  temporary  in  aisles  or  passageways  of  certain  buildings  83 

SMOKE  PIPES 

requirements  for          ......                 .  75-76 

SNOW  GUARDS 

buildings  within  five  feet  or  less  of  line  of  a  street  to  have  79 

SMITH  SQUARE 

area  included  within 92 

SIDEWALKS 

water  not  to  be  run  over  from  leaders  or  conductors        .  73-74 


302  SPECIAL  INDEX. 

SHEET  PILING 

to  protect  excavations         .......  64 

SILLS  OF  WOODEN  BUILDINGS 

distance  above  ground 63 

SKYLIGHTS 

netting  required  for 74 

STAIR  STRINGERS 

cut  of  same 82 

SPRINKLERS 

for  theatres          .........  84 

STAIRWAYS 

required  for  certain  buildings 58 

construction  of,  may  be  directed  by  superintendent  .        .  58 

no  temporary  seats  or  obstructions  in  certain  buildings    .  83 

STAIRS   AND  LANDINGS 

shall  have  railings 82 

STEAM   EXHAUST   PIPE 101 

not  to  be  connected  with  sewer 101 

TAIL   BEAMS 

how  framed  or  hung 72 

TENANTS 

entitled  to  what  information  as  to  egress  ....  58 

notice  as  to  means  of  egress  may  be  given  to     ...  61 

TRANSOM   WINDOWS 

for  ventilation .  84 

TRAPS 

construction  of .  100 

grease  traps,  when  constructed 102 

how  protected 100-101 

superintendent  to  be  notified  when  ready  for  inspection    .  102 

TRIMMERS 

arches,  construction  of        .......  76 

depth  to  be  cut    .                         72 

how  far  from  chimney  flue          .                 ....  61 

TRUSSES 

use  of 72 

TENEMENT  HOUSES.     See  BUILDINGS. 

egress  from          .         .  57-58-59 

height  of  rooms  in       . 85 

night  watchman  for    ........  85 

red  light  at  head  of  stairs,  to  be  kept  burning   ...  85 
shall  not  be  used  for  storage  of  inflammable  or  combus- 
tible substance 85 

stairways  in         .........  58 

to  have  partition  walls 62 

transom  windows  for          .                 84 

water  closets  for 86 

within  fire  limits  not  to  be  built  within  twenty  feet  of 

another  structure,  unless,  etc.           ....  79 

weight  bearing  capacity  of  floors  of  .....  72 


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TENEMENT   HOUSES  —  Continued. 

safe  weight  of  floors 72 

support  of  excavations  for 57-64 

three  or  more  stories  in  height 57-59 

elevator  and  light  shafts  in 64 

no  openings  to  be  cut  through  without  permit  ...  72 

depths  of  flue  in  party  wall  of 73 

THEATRES.     See  BUILDINGS. 

egress  from 57-58-59-81-84 

pitch  of  roof  of 74 

lobbies  in .  83 

plans  of  before  erection       .......  59 

proscenium  in,  material  of  .  .....     57-58-83 

shall  be  a  first  or  second  class     ......  81 

within  fire  limits  not  to  be  built  within  twenty  feet  of  an- 
other structure,  unless,  etc 79 

scene  docks,  carpenter  shops,  etc  ,  separated  from  rest  of 

stage 83 

shall  have  independent  exits 81 

passages  in,  and  aisles 84 

shall  not  be  obstructed        .......  81 

service  standpipes  for          .......  84 

sprinklers  for       .........  84 

stage,  how  constructed  and  protected         ....  83 

ventilation  for 84 

walls  to  be  built  around  same      ......  83 

THIRD  CLASS 

alteration  or  repair  of  without  permit        ....  95 

what  is 93 

within  fire  limits  not  to  be  moved  without  license  of 

superintendent 94 

URINALS.    See  WATER  CLOSETS. 

VENTILATION 

apparatus  to  be  satisfactory  to  superintendent    ...  77 

air-space  in  buildings  for 85 

of  space  between  floor  and  cellar  bottom       ....  64 

in  tenement  and  lodging-houses,  transom  windows  for     .  84 

for  water-closets  in  tenement  and  lodging-houses       .        .  86 

VAULTED  WALLS 

materials  for 70 

weight  of  cornice  to 73 

VIOLATION  OF  ORDINANCES.    See  PENALTY.     .        .        .    60-81-102 

WALLS  —  EXTERIOR 

may  be  in  part  of  iron  and  steel 69 

of  certain  brick  buildings  other  than  dwellings  ...  70 

of  first  or  second-class  buildings 68-70 

of  certain  tenement  and  lodging-houses        ....  63 

of  one  and  two-story  buildings,  how  covered       ...  69 

how  tied 72 

thickness  of  same 63-73 

not  to  be  moved  without  license 94 

not  to  be  repaired  without  license 94 

party  walls.    See  PARTITIONS. 

piers  of 73 


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SPECIAL  INDEX. 

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WASTE-PIPES 

how  trapped  ...........  100 

WASTE  WATER 

to  be  carried  off  as  approved  by  superintendent  ...  98 

WATER  CLOSET 

for  different  kind  of  buildings  .......  86 

how  supplied  with  water.          .......  100 

how  ventilated     ..........  86-101 

Drip  or  overflow  pipes  from,  not  to  be  connected  with 

sewer,  etc  ...........  '101 

WATER  LEADER 

to  be  trapped        ..........  101 

WATER  PIPES 

in  exposed  places,  how  protected    ......  101 

WATER  TEST 

when  used      ...........       101-102 

WATCHMAN 

night,  in  certain  buildings        .......  85 

WEIGHT-BEARING  MATERIAL 

in  first  and  second  class  buildings,  how  protected      .        .  74 

WINDERS 

width  of         ...........  82 

WOODEN  COLUMNS 

•  how  supported      ..........  73 

WOODEN  FLUE 

not  to  be  placed  in  certain  buildings      .....  60-77 

WOODWORK 

proximity  to  brickwork  of  flue         ......  75-77 

WOODEN  BUILDINGS.    See  BUILDINGS. 

to  be  of  certain  height,  construction  of         ....  62-63 

foundations  and  pilings  for       ......         64-65-66-67 

partition  walls  in         .....      .  .  62 

not  to  be  moved  or  altered  unless    ......  94 

to  be  lathed  and  plastered,  notice  to  be  given  to  superin- 

tendent of  same       ........  62 

occupied  by  two  or  more  families  on  same  floor  to  have 

partition  walls  .........  62 

certain  may  be  altered  or  repaired  with  approval  of  super- 

intendent within  limits          ......  94 

sills  of,  how  placed  above  ground    .....        .  63 

thickness  of  basement  walls  of        .......  63 

exterior  and  interior  walls,  separated  by  fire  stops    .        .  78-79 
in  which  operatives  are  employed,  sanitary  arrangements 

for        ...........  86 

within  fire  limits,  not  to  be  erected,  altered,  repaired  or 

moved  without  license  of  superintendent  ...  94 


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